Re: FreeBSD/amd64 on machine without ACPI BIOS?

From: Lev Serebryakov <lev_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:27:17 +0400
Hello, Freebsd-current.
You wrote 9 декабря 2011 г., 14:10:18:

>   Soekris ("famous" developer of small x86-compatible appliance-like
> hardware) released net6501 some time ago, which is based on Atom (E6xx)
> CPU.
>   It seems, that 64-bit version of Linux could run on it without
> problems.
>   But FreeBSD/amd64 can not. It stops after kernel detect some
> devices without any errors or panics.
>   This box has one big difference from billions other Intel-based
> boxes on market: it has very special BIOS without ACPI at all. Someone
> says, that it could be reason why FreeBSD/amd64 could not be boot on
> this box.
>  Is it true? Is it possible to have FreeBSD/amd64 without ACPI?
  It seems, that "device mptable" in kernel config helps.
  Why is it not in GENERIC kernel?

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// Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev_at_FreeBSD.org>
Received on Sun Dec 11 2011 - 08:27:26 UTC

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