On Thursday 05 October 2006 10:48, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 01:09:27PM +0100, Robert Watson wrote: > > > >It's definetely a regression from 4.11-STABLE that runs fine on this > > >system with ACPI fully enabled > > Hmm, I was wrong about 4.11 using ACPI - it does not use it here really, > it uses "good old" APM. > > > It would be interesting to know how 4.x probes the hardware vs. how it > > apperas in the 6.x dmesg. > > 4.11-STABLE: > > fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 > fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold > fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 > > 6.2-PRERELEASE: > > fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f0 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
You have a screwed up BIOS. Listing 0x3f0 twice is what is probably breaking your system. You can probably patch your ASL and build a custom DSDT to get your floppy drive working. Check the manpages and the acpi@ list for more info on doing that. -- John Baldwin _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"