On 9/11/05, Scott Long <scottl_at_samsco.org> wrote: > Thanks for the invesitgative work. I strenously objected to this change > when it went in, and this kind of problem is precisely the reason why. > Turning off device power on the PCI bus willy-nilly is such an > incredibly bad idea, even if the hope with it is to get a few extra > minutes of battery life on a laptop. > > I worked around this problem with the AAC devices, but I don't know if > the AMR devices can be worked around the same way. I've asked Warner in > private to back out the change. If he refuses, then I'm afraid that > you'll need to remember an undocumented workaround, or find another OS. > > Scott It took me more than a week and almost 20 kernel (and some buildworlds) compilations to get the problem identified and be able to use a workaround. It will take me much more than that to make me walk from FreeBSD :) I can't stress enough my respect for this project and the people who make it what it is: Thank you! -- Joao BarrosReceived on Sat Sep 10 2005 - 23:19:08 UTC
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