On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 09:49:23AM +0200, Gerrit Kühn wrote: > On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:50:09 -0400 John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > about Re: Regression 7.0R -> 7-stable?: > > JB> > XL> Could you please try disabling ACPI and boot? Additionally a > JB> > XL> 'boot - v' may reveal some useful information as well. Just > JB> > XL> some random thoughts. > > JB> > Disabling ACPI does not help, either (forgot to mention that > JB> > earlier, sorry). I will post a boot -v log as soon as I have a > JB> > working 7.0R on the system again. > > JB> What about disabling apic? Also, are you using a serial console? If > JB> so, can you put DDB in your kernel and when it hangs break into ddb > JB> and do a 'ps' and capture the output. > > apic, acpi, don't confuse me. :-)
In layman's terms: APIC: a chip that helps interrupt routing -- addresses the historic problem with x86 PCs only having 16 IRQs (extends this to 256) ACPI: system capabilities interface -- defines different aspects of your computer, and ties different pieces together. Also acts as an interface to power-related features often used on laptops (not to be confused with S1/S3 suspend states) HTH... -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
