From: | Naoya Sugioka <naoya.sugioka@xxxxxxxxx> |
Date: | Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:23:40 -0800 |
I was attached a wrong one. Here is my latest, not sure this is appropriate though, just for reference. -Naoya On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Naoya Sugioka <naoya.sugioka@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm using Dell M4400. > > At first, it has a problem when acpi is loaded. Kerenl shows a panic > message with default config, > so I had to look for a workaround. > I read acpi(4) manpage, then append loader.conf > > debug.acpi.disabled="cmbat" > > it was necessary to boot. But still boot strap has stopped with ACPI > module when following message > is displayed. > >> isa_probe_children: probing PnP devices > > After I put some debug prints around it, I found ACPICA needs to be updated. > > 1. go, accept the license, then download latest 102310 from www.acpica. org > 2. replace sys/contrib/dev/acpica-unix with latest > 3. apply necessary changes on sys/dev/acpica5. > I attach my wild patch for a reference - not sure it is right > modification though : ) > 4. compile the kernel, install. > > Now my Dell laptop got booted with no trouble (hw.acpi_io_enable=0 is > required for SMP though) > > So far, even if your laptop is not booted with default kernel, you can > still have fun to find out a > workaround. Now I'm playing with wifi (iwn0). > > Enjoy! > > -Naoya > > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Justin C. Sherrill > <justin@shiningsilence.com> wrote: >> On Tue, November 16, 2010 9:33 pm, David Crosswell wrote: >>> Greetings all, >>> >>> My old laptop, an HP Compaq nx6120 is playing up in a number of different >>> ways, so it looks like retirement time. >>> >>> What's a good reliable model? >>> Any recommendations? >> >> There's a number of laptops mentioned on the dragonflybsd.org website. >> Several people have been using IBM/Lenovo laptops with general success. >> The "standard" netbook model usually works - Atom processor, etc, if you >> want that size of computer. >> >> >
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