FreeBSD install problem on Asus A6T laptop.

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s***@gmail.com

2007-04-25 19:31:21 UTC

I am attemping to install FreeBSD Current into this laptop.System boot well, but working very very slow(switching to next virtual console took 5-10 minutes).
What could be the reason of this?

Stas Ibragimov

Olivier Houchard

2007-04-25 23:22:38 UTC

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Post by s***@gmail.com
I am attemping to install FreeBSD Current into this laptop.System boot well, but working very very slow(switching to next virtual console took 5-10 minutes).
What could be the reason of this?

Hi,

I've had a similar problem with an A7T, if I'm not mistaken it's due to a
bug in the thurion timer, you can use
machdep.cpu_idle_hlt="0"
in your loader.conf as a workaround.

Cheers,

Olivier

s***@gmail.com

2007-04-26 04:57:40 UTC

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Post by Olivier Houchard

Hi,
I've had a similar problem with an A7T, if I'm not mistaken it's due to a
bug in the thurion timer, you can use
machdep.cpu_idle_hlt="0"
in your loader.conf as a workaround.
Cheers,
Olivier

When I used the machdep.cpu_idle_hlt="0", system has been properly loaded.

Stas Ibragimov

Olivier Houchard

2007-04-26 10:15:31 UTC

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On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:22:38 +0200

Post by Olivier Houchard

Post by s***@gmail.com
I am attemping to install FreeBSD Current into this laptop.System
boot well, but working very very slow(switching to next virtual
console took 5-10 minutes). What could be the reason of this?

Hi,
I've had a similar problem with an A7T, if I'm not mistaken it's due
to a bug in the thurion timer, you can use
machdep.cpu_idle_hlt="0"
in your loader.conf as a workaround.

This has been fixed few hours ago.
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=401120+0+current/cvs-src

Great to hear ! It's been annoying me for some times.

Thanks for your work !

Olivier

Ariff Abdullah

2007-04-26 02:23:34 UTC

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