RE: 5.1-RELEASE TODO

From: Larry Rosenman (ler_at_lerctr.org)
Date: 06/05/03

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To: Erik Paulsen Skaalerud <erik@pentadon.com>, "'Scott Long'" <scottl@freebsd.org>, "'Lars Eggert'" <larse@ISI.EDU>

    --On Thursday, June 05, 2003 18:59:49 +0200 Erik Paulsen Skaalerud
    <erik@pentadon.com> wrote:

    >> > FYI, I still see the ACPI messages described in the "Re: ACPI-0293
    >> > (and
    >> > 0166) errors"-thread on -current ca. 5/9/2003 on
    >> yesterday's -current.
    >> >
    >> > Lars
    >>
    >> Yeah, ACPI is causing many problems these days, much of which
    >> can be traced back to non-compliant system BIOS's. The new
    >> bootloader menu in FreeBSD 5.1 allows one to disable ACPI for
    >> the time being.
    >>
    >> Scott
    >>
    >
    > Will this lead to an extension of the release schedule for 5.1 until most
    > of the problems are fixed?
    > To me it looks like there are more and more reports about panics every day
    > :(
    >
    > Erik
    For the record, yesterday's sources STILL produce the panic at 0x7 for me
    on
    transition to battery.

    I can get more crashdumps/kernels if someone asks.

    I've mentioned this for the last ~1.5 months.

    LER

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