On Mon, Jan 05, 2026 at 02:05:48AM -0800, Mike Larkin wrote: > On Sun, Jan 04, 2026 at 01:50:35PM +0000, requiem. wrote: > > OpenBSD boots fine with the SSD installed (on stock BIOS), the BIOS (all > > versions - F.13; F.16 patched and unpatched) detects it correctly, BIOS > > HDD self-tests pass. > > > > I am getting lost in this discussion. > > If you have a scenario where OpenBSD boots fine, then what are we diagnosing > here?
OpenBSD boots fine with the vendor BIOS. The vendor BIOS prevents the use of the OP's desired wifi card. An alternative BIOS image allows the use of the OP's desired wifi card. OpenBSD does not boot with the alternative BIOS, almost certainly due to limitations of our ACPI table parsing code. This matters from an OpenBSD viewpoint, since any BIOS out there in the wild could also provide a similar funky ACPI table and prevent the OpenBSD kernel from booting.
