On 19Jul2010 17:08, I wrote:
| Full of optimism I have installed OpenBSD 4.7 on a new machine.
| The amd64 install CD boots just fine, installs just fine.
| After the install, the /bsd kernel panics with a stack trace looking
| like this (hand retyped):
|   [...]
|   acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus -1 (PCI9)
|   acpicpu0 at acpi0uvm_fault(0xffffffff80c9e980, 0x0, 0, 1) -> e
|   kernel: page fault trap, code=0
|   Stopped at      acpucpu_getpss_0xbf: movq 0(%rax),%rdi
|   acpicpu_getpss() at acpicpu_getpss+0xbf
|   acpicpu_attach() at acpicpu_attach+0x154
|   config_attach() at config_attach+0x11b
[...]
| How do I troubleshoot this?
| Is ACPI a problem, and can I avoid that subsystem?
| Are there "command line" options I can supply the booting kernel?

Well:

  boot -c
  disable acpi

and it boots.

Post boot:

  cd /
  cp bsd bsd.orig
  config -e -o bsd bsd.orig
  disable apci
  quit

and I've got a happy unattended boot.

Is the ACPI failure because the install kernel deliberately tries to
avoid these problematic subsystems?

Cheers,
-- 
Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> DoD#743
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