Compaq 3000Z Laptops (And some misc. others)

[Neil Short]

mini-install is fine by me. I can grab the apps off
the regular CD.
--- Astrodog <astrodog at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry if this is a repost. 
> I'll get the ISOs up sometime tonight or tomarrow.
> If you need
> something specific in the kernel config, PM me on
> efnet IRC, or post
> it here. Would everyone be alright with just a
> miniinst ISO?
> 
> 
> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 12:53:49 -0800 (PST), Neil Short
> <neshort at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I'm interested in -current iso's.
> > 
> > -Neil
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- Astrodog <astrodog at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > After browsing the lists for awhile for
> information
> > > on this problem, I
> > > figured I'd share my... findings, as it were,
> with
> > > interested parties.
> > >
> > > The showstopping glitch that appears to occur on
> the
> > > Compaq 3000Z
> > > Series of laptops relates to the keyboard test
> > > interrupt. As best as I
> > > can tell, Nvidia for the mobile version of their
> > > chipset, or Compaq,
> > > has remapped the keyboard test, to instead
> perform a
> > > system reboot.
> > > This behavior exists under any boot options, and
> the
> > > only known
> > > workaround I am aware of is to apply a patch to
> the
> > > kernel sources. As
> > > a result, for the past month or so, I've been
> > > tracking FreeBSD
> > > -CURRENT with the patch applied, and producing
> ISO
> > > Images of the
> > > modified setup. If there is a way to test for a
> > > specific chipset, and
> > > to use the patched code if it is detected,
> merging
> > > that on to the main
> > > tree would be most appreiated.
> > >
> > > The other major glitch appears to be in APIC
> > > support. I haven't tested
> > > this much though, as the above error is, in my
> > > opinion, a much larger
> > > issue.
> > >
> > > If, for whatever reason, there is no way to
> merge
> > > the patch, I can
> > > start making the -CURRENT snapshots we use
> > > internally avalibile, and
> > > anyone who is interested in getting a copy is
> more
> > > than welcome to
> > > e-mail me.
> > >
> > > Please let me know if there is anything else I
> can
> > > do to assist in
> > > troubleshooting these two problems.
> > >
> > > --- Harrison Grundy
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