On 12/10/2011 11:04 PM, Denis Fortin wrote: > On 2011-12-11 01:54, Nicholas Esborn wrote: >> 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 > > This is excellent news. > > Based on your input and what I had found earlier, I made a couple of > FreeBSD 9.0-RC3 kernels to play with the options, and I found that > "device mptable" is needed for the FreeBSD/amd64 kernel to boot on the > net6501. > > Anyway, it's good to know that we'll be able to build and use 64-bit > kernels... but I doubt we can get "device mptable" enabled in GENERIC at > this late stage of the 9.0 release cycle (we are at RC3).
From what I have seen, mptable and atpic support are both designated as legacy capabilities on FreeBSD. The FreeBSD developers may not want to re-enable them in GENERIC. Support for non-ACPI configurations could become increasingly tenuous. With luck, the required options will remain available for some time to come, but it seems like an ACPI BIOS would be a very positive development for the longevity of the Net6501 with modern operating systems. -nick > Cheers, > > Denis, [email protected] > > PS. Now onwards to find out why my USB 3.0 PCIe card is not working as > expected. -- [email protected] - all messages cryptographically signed
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