On 12/10/2011 06:07 AM, Denis Fortin wrote: > On 2011-12-08 08:55, Aragon Gouveia<[email protected]> wrote: >> On 12/07/11 23:00, Soren Kristensen wrote: >>> I don't have the knowledge to find out where and why FreeBSD stops, but >>> if some FreeBSD hacker can go down and tell me why, I will do what I can >>> do fix it if the BIOS need a little adjustment.... >> >> Considering all the ACPI error messages, I guess it's a problem there >> somewhere. The freebsd-acpi@ mailing list is a good place to seek ACPI >> wizards. :) > > If I try to boot FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 in verbose mode with amd64 and i386 and > compare the boot messages side-by-side, there are as many error messages > about ACPI with the (successful) i386 boot than with the (failed) amd64 > boot. > > The amd64 boot ends with the following lines: > > panic: No usable event timer found! > > cpuid = 0 > > KDB: stack backtrace: > > #0 0xffffffff80867e4e at kdb_backtrace+0x5e > > #1 0xffffffff80832ab7 at panic+0x187 > > #2 0xffffffff80b5250b at cpu_initclocks_bsp+0x3cb > > #3 0xffffffff807e9ec0 at initclocks+0x20 > > #4 0xffffffff807e7507 at mi_startup+0x77 > > #5 0xffffffff8029f6ec at btext+0x2c > > Uptime: 1s > > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort > > Whereas the i386 boot goes on at this same spot with: > > lapic: Divisor 2, Frequency 50001280 Hz > > Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec > > Somehow, the "LAPIC" timer is reported with the i386 boot thus: > > MPTable: <Soekris net6501 > > > Event timer "LAPIC" quality 400 > > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs > > FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 1 core(s) x 2 HTT threads > > cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 > > cpu1 (AP/HT): APIC ID: 1 > > but not on the amd64 boot. > > Also, the i386 reports early on: > > MP Configuration Table version 1.4 found at 0xc00fe110 > > and *not* the amd64 boot. > > Anyway, just some preliminary information in case it triggers an Ah-ha! > with some of the list members.
I was able to boot FreeBSD/amd64 9.0-RC3 just now. The key was to enable mptable and atpic support in the kernel. device atpic # Optional legacy pic support device mptable # Optional MPSPEC mptable support I also removed "device acpi", but that may not have been necessary. -nick > Cheers, > > Denis F. > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech -- [email protected] - all messages cryptographically signed
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