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== Making ACPI work in FreeBSD 5.x ==
 
== Making ACPI work in FreeBSD 5.x ==
  
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Many manufacturers' motherboards have dodgy implementations of ACPI that are based on "works with Windows" as opposed to "adheres to the ACPI standard."  As usual, Microsoft only pays attention to the parts of the ACPI standard they care about and ignore the rest, so FreeBSD's standards-based implementation can have some issues with some motherboards, particularly non-SMP motherboards, that were designed around Windows rather than being designed standards-compliant.  Many of these boards can be made to work with ACPI, however, by creating a custom kernel with the following options:
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Many manufacturers' motherboards have dodgy implementations of ACPI that are based on "works with Windows" as opposed to "adheres to the ACPI standard."  As usual, microshit only pays attention to the parts of the ACPI standard they care about and ignore the rest, so FreeBSD's standards-based implementation can have some issues with some motherboards, particularly non-SMP motherboards, that were designed around Windows rather than being designed standards-compliant.  Many of these boards can be made to work with ACPI, however, by creating a custom kernel with the following options:
  
 
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See [[Custom Kernels]] if you need more information on how to find, edit, build, and install a custom kernel in general.
 
See [[Custom Kernels]] if you need more information on how to find, edit, build, and install a custom kernel in general.
 
[[Category:Common Tasks]]
 
[[Category:Common Tasks]]
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== Worth Our Weight: The Taste of Compassion ==
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Its a sunny Saturday morning, and my wife and I turn into a residential neighborhood of Santa Rosa, California the only sign of commerce is a beleaguered shopping mall a few hundred feet away. I glance down at my GPS to make sure this is where we want to be and in doing so I almost pass my destination. There it is tucked away to the left, sandwiched between two homes: Worth our Weight (W.O.W)
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[[http://goodvillenews.com/Worth-Our-Weight-The-Taste-of-Compassion-qYcZwK.html Worth Our Weight: The Taste of Compassion]]
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[[http://goodvillenews.com/wk.html GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]]
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== Little Things You Can Do to Make the World a Lot Nicer ==
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A few years ago, Debbie Tenzer was feeling overwhelmed by all the crises in the news. But rather than give in to despair, she thought, Maybe I cant solve our big problems, but I know I can do something.
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[[http://goodvillenews.com/Little-Things-You-Can-Do-to-Make-the-World-a-Lot-Nicer-PxxL5F.html Little Things You Can Do to Make the World a Lot Nicer]]
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[[http://goodvillenews.com/wk.html GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]]
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== Rainbow of Colorful Critters Discovered in Suriname ==
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A scientific expedition into one of the worlds last pristine tropical forests has revealed incredibly diverse species and extraordinary cultural heritage, said Conservation International (CI) today, announcing the results of a scientific survey in southwest Suriname that documented nearly 1,300 species, including 46 species which may be new to science. The announcement comes as the global organization marks 25 years of science-based conservation, this month.
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[[http://goodvillenews.com/Rainbow-of-Colorful-Critters-Discovered-in-Suriname-TjkvIE.html Rainbow of Colorful Critters Discovered in Suriname]]
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[[http://goodvillenews.com/wk.html GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]]
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== How To Speak More Wisely ==
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It had been three weeks since my throat started to feel sore, and it wasnt getting better. The pain was most acute when I spoke. So I decided to spend a few days speaking as little as possible. Every time I had the urge to say something, I paused for a moment to question whether it was worth irritating my throat.
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[[http://goodvillenews.com/How-To-Speak-More-Wisely-86itqo.html How To Speak More Wisely]]
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[[http://goodvillenews.com/wk.html GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]]
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== Man Climbs Worlds 14 Tallest Peaks ==
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Hirotaka Takeuchi has gotten official certification for his feat of climbing the worlds 14 tallest mountains. Hes the 30th person ever and the first Japanese person to accomplish the feat.
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[[http://goodvillenews.com/Man-Climbs-Worlds-14-Tallest-Peaks-f1nJlP.html Man Climbs Worlds 14 Tallest Peaks]]
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[[http://goodvillenews.com/wk.html GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]]

Revision as of 17:10, 29 July 2012

Contents

Making ACPI work in FreeBSD 5.x

Many manufacturers' motherboards have dodgy implementations of ACPI that are based on "works with Windows" as opposed to "adheres to the ACPI standard." As usual, microshit only pays attention to the parts of the ACPI standard they care about and ignore the rest, so FreeBSD's standards-based implementation can have some issues with some motherboards, particularly non-SMP motherboards, that were designed around Windows rather than being designed standards-compliant. Many of these boards can be made to work with ACPI, however, by creating a custom kernel with the following options: 

# Do NOT make an SMP kernel
# options       SMP                     # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel
nodevice        apic
nodevice        smp

Note that in addition to adding "nodevice apic" and "nodevice smp", "options SMP" has been commented out. The GENERIC kernel in 5.2.1 has SMP on by default, and many non-SMP motherboards do not correctly identify themselves as such under ACPI - leaving you with the options of either disabling ACPI or disabling SMP and APIC. ACPI gives you lots of good stuff like power control and monitoring and more fine-grained hardware controls, so you're really better off building yourself a custom non-SMP kernel and booting with ACPI on.

See Custom Kernels if you need more information on how to find, edit, build, and install a custom kernel in general.

Worth Our Weight: The Taste of Compassion

Its a sunny Saturday morning, and my wife and I turn into a residential neighborhood of Santa Rosa, California the only sign of commerce is a beleaguered shopping mall a few hundred feet away. I glance down at my GPS to make sure this is where we want to be and in doing so I almost pass my destination. There it is tucked away to the left, sandwiched between two homes: Worth our Weight (W.O.W) 

[Worth Our Weight: The Taste of Compassion]

[GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]

Little Things You Can Do to Make the World a Lot Nicer

A few years ago, Debbie Tenzer was feeling overwhelmed by all the crises in the news. But rather than give in to despair, she thought, Maybe I cant solve our big problems, but I know I can do something. 

[Little Things You Can Do to Make the World a Lot Nicer]

[GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]

Rainbow of Colorful Critters Discovered in Suriname

A scientific expedition into one of the worlds last pristine tropical forests has revealed incredibly diverse species and extraordinary cultural heritage, said Conservation International (CI) today, announcing the results of a scientific survey in southwest Suriname that documented nearly 1,300 species, including 46 species which may be new to science. The announcement comes as the global organization marks 25 years of science-based conservation, this month. 

[Rainbow of Colorful Critters Discovered in Suriname]

[GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]

How To Speak More Wisely

It had been three weeks since my throat started to feel sore, and it wasnt getting better. The pain was most acute when I spoke. So I decided to spend a few days speaking as little as possible. Every time I had the urge to say something, I paused for a moment to question whether it was worth irritating my throat. 

[How To Speak More Wisely]

[GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]

Man Climbs Worlds 14 Tallest Peaks

Hirotaka Takeuchi has gotten official certification for his feat of climbing the worlds 14 tallest mountains. Hes the 30th person ever and the first Japanese person to accomplish the feat. 

[Man Climbs Worlds 14 Tallest Peaks]

[GoodvilleNews.com - good, positive news, inspirational stories, articles]

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