Attached (and below my sig) is a diff of ACPI changes to INSTALL.TXT.
Francis Barnhart
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://francisbarnhart.com/
--- /stand/help/INSTALL.TXT Fri Jan 10 18:21:12 2003
+++ INSTALL.TXT Tue Jan 14 15:34:00 2003
@@ -891,13 +891,14 @@
the i386 platform to aid in system configuration if it's detected during
boot. Unfortunately, some bugs still exist in both the ACPI driver and
within system motherboards and BIOS. The use of ACPI can be disabled by
- setting the ``hw.acpi.0.disable'' hint in the third stage boot loader:
+ setting the ``hint.acpi.0.disable'' hint in the third stage boot loader:
- set.hw.acpi.0.disabled=1
+ set hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
- This is reset each time the system is booted, so it might be necessary to
- set it permanently in the file /boot/loader.conf. More inforation about
- the boot loader can be found in the FreeBSD Handbook.
+ This is reset each time the system is booted, so it is necessary to
+ permanently add hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" in the file /boot/device.hints.
+ More information about the boot loader can be found in the FreeBSD
+ Handbook.
4.2.2. My legacy ISA device used to be recognized in previous versions of
FreeBSD, but now it's not. What happened?
On 14 Jan 2003, Steve Kargl wrote:
>
> [[ Courtesy wrap of long lines. ]
>
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 11:42:58AM -0800,
> Francis Barnhart wrote:
> > That is where this issue is documented.
> > However, it is incorrect. The proper hint is
> > in fact:
> >
> > hint.acpi.0.disabled
>
> Yes, you are correct. INSTALL.TXT should be
> updated.
>
> >
> > While other ways exist, one way to solve the
> > problem is:
> >
> > To allow the install to boot, at the boot
> > prompt type
> >
> > unset acpi_load
> >
> > Then, after the install, add
> >
> > hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
> >
> > to
> >
> > /boot/device.hints
>
> >
> > Either way, the documentation should be
> > probably be updated. If someone with the
> > power to change the docs contacts me I'd be
> > happy to submit an update.
> >
>
> Grab INSTALL.TXT, make your changes, and post
> a diff -u.
>
> --
> Steve
--- /stand/help/INSTALL.TXT Fri Jan 10 18:21:12 2003
+++ INSTALL.TXT Tue Jan 14 15:34:00 2003
@@ -891,13 +891,14 @@
the i386 platform to aid in system configuration if it's detected during
boot. Unfortunately, some bugs still exist in both the ACPI driver and
within system motherboards and BIOS. The use of ACPI can be disabled by
- setting the ``hw.acpi.0.disable'' hint in the third stage boot loader:
+ setting the ``hint.acpi.0.disable'' hint in the third stage boot loader:
- set.hw.acpi.0.disabled=1
+ set hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
- This is reset each time the system is booted, so it might be necessary to
- set it permanently in the file /boot/loader.conf. More inforation about
- the boot loader can be found in the FreeBSD Handbook.
+ This is reset each time the system is booted, so it is necessary to
+ permanently add hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" in the file /boot/device.hints.
+ More information about the boot loader can be found in the FreeBSD
+ Handbook.
4.2.2. My legacy ISA device used to be recognized in previous versions of
FreeBSD, but now it's not. What happened?
