5.1 and ACPI

Charles Howse chowse at charter.net
Fri Dec 5 13:22:25 PST 2003 

Hi,
I have just loaded 5.1 on an old Celeron 300, and need to learn something 
about ACPI.

I Googled, and found a considerable amount of info concerning this issue, but 
the only thing I understood, was how to force the default boot choice to not 
load the acpi module.

I went to:
http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/tech/freenix/full_papers/watanabe/
watanabe_html/index.html
and read what little I could understand. (not much)

When I boot the computer, right after the bios loads the table that shows the 
hardware, PCI devices, memory locations, etc., I see:

PS/2 Mouse Present
ACPI Function Enabled
Searching for boot record on CD
etc.
So, I am assuming that this machine *is* capable of ACPI.

When I choose the default boot option from the menu, I get a TON of messages 
concerning ACPI.  
Assuming these msgs are errors, I have added hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" to /
boot/device.hints, and now I can boot the default choice without these msgs.

I do understand that 5.1 is a development release, but have I mis-interpreted 
something....does this machine do ACPI, but FBSD doesn't like the way it does 
it, or what?


> Dec  4 07:39:52 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:52 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:52 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:52 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
> 07:39:53 larry kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
> [\_SB_.NRTH.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node 0xc09fa520), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT Dec  4
-- 
Thanks,
Charles
http://howse.homeunix.net:8080

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