ACPI was the culprit

[Dave Leimbach]

Matthew Dillon <dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> :I built the GENERIC kernel and that doesn't boot.
> :
> :I can't get FreeBSD 4.9 to run either but I did manage to get 5.2.1 RC2 
> :to boot in "Safe Mode" as well as the "disable ACPI" mode.
> :
> :That's why I started looking down this path.
> :
> :Dave
> 
>     Well, if 4.9 didn't work and DFly doesn't work but FreeBSD-5 works,
>     it's going to be hard to debug.  It's likely an interrupt routing
>     issue but the only way to figure out where it is crashing (if you
>     can't pop into DDB) is to add lots of printf()'s to the code and
>     track down where it's dying.
> 
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Well I can get my old kernel to boot and I moved it to a safer, hopefully
less overwritable location than kernel.old :)

I should be able to tinker but I am not an experienced kernel hacker so
good luck to me :)

Dave