Frank van der Linden wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 02:50:46PM -0700, Chris Kantarjiev wrote:
> 
>>mainbus0: Intel MP Specification (Version 1.4) (TEMPLATE ETEMPLATE   )
> 
> 
> There should be no MPBIOS in the kernel config file. It looks like
> it is still using the MPBIOS tables. Greg, if you create
> an image with a kernel that does not have MPBIOS (but does have
> acpi and MPACPI), that might work a lot better.
> 
> - Frank
> 

Greg Oster wrote:
> 
> I'm building a INSTALL_ACPI kernel that has MPBIOS turned off... 
> (MPBIOS_SCANPCI is already off)

Well, that's ... different, but no better.

 > boot
booting fd0a:netbsd
3683424+5270040+224464=0x9c1ba8
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
     The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
     The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 3.99.24 (INSTALL_ACPI) #1: Fri Aug 11 11:15:22 CST 2006
         oster@quadrapus:/u1/builds/build69/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/INSTALL_ACPI
total memory = 8143 MB
avail memory = 7848 MB
timecounter: Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
timecounter: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
timecounter: selected timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor)
cpu0: Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 270, 2000.09 MHz
cpu0: features: f7dbfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR>
cpu0: features: f7dbfbff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MPC,NOX,MMXX,MMX>
cpu0: features: f7dbfbff<FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT,LONG,3DNOW2,3DNOW>
cpu0: 16 page colors
acpi0 at mainbus0: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
acpi0: fixed-feature power button present
timecounter: Timecounter "ACPI-Safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900
timecounter: selected timecounter "ACPI-Safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900
ACPI-Safe 24-bit timer
ACPI Object Type 'Processor' (0x0c) at acpi0 not configured
ACPI Object Type 'Processor' (0x0c) at acpi0 not configured
ACPI Object Type 'Processor' (0x0c) at acpi0 not configured
ACPI Object Type 'Processor' (0x0c) at acpi0 not configured
PNP0A03 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0000 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0200 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0100 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0B00 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0800 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C04 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0501 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0501 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0400 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C02 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C02 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0303 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C02 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C02 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C01 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0A03 at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0C at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
PNP0C0F at acpi0 not configured
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
vendor 0x10de product 0x005e (miscellaneous memory, revision 0xa3) at pci0 dev 0 
function 0 not configured
pcib0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0
pcib0: vendor 0x10de product 0x0051 (rev. 0xa3)
vendor 0x10de product 0x0052 (SMBus serial bus, revision 0xa2) at pci0 dev 1 
function 1 not configured
ohci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0: vendor 0x10de product 0x005a (rev. 0xa2)
intr_establish: pic pic0 pin 9: can't share type 2 with 3
ohci0: couldn't establish interrupt at irq 9
vendor 0x10de product 0x005b (USB serial bus, interface 0x20, revision 0xa3) at 
pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured
vendor 0x10de product 0x0059 (audio multimedia, revision 0xa2) at pci0 dev 4 
function 0 not configured
viaide0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0
viaide0: NVIDIA nForce4 IDE Controller (rev. 0xf2)
viaide0: bus-master DMA support present
viaide0: primary channel configured to compatibility mode
viaide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14
atabus0 at viaide0 channel 0
viaide0: secondary channel configured to compatibility mode
viaide0: secondary channel interrupting at irq 15
atabus1 at viaide0 channel 1
viaide1 at pci0 dev 7 function 0
viaide1: NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller (rev. 0xf3)
viaide1: bus-master DMA support present
viaide1: primary channel wired to native-PCI mode
intr_establish: pic pic0 pin 9: can't share type 2 with 3
viaide1: couldn't establish native-PCI interrupt at irq 9
viaide1: secondary channel wired to native-PCI mode
intr_establish: pic pic0 pin 9: can't share type 2 with 3
viaide1: couldn't establish native-PCI interrupt at irq 9
viaide2 at pci0 dev 8 function 0
viaide2: NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller (rev. 0xf3)
viaide2: bus-master DMA support present
viaide2: primary channel wired to native-PCI mode
viaide2: using irq 5 for native-PCI interrupt
atabus2 at viaide2 channel 0
viaide2: secondary channel wired to native-PCI mode
atabus3 at viaide2 channel 1
ppb0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0: vendor 0x10de product 0x005c (rev. 0xa2)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 3
pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
nfe0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: irq 11, address 00:30:48:57:7f:b8
makphy0 at nfe0 phy 1: Marvell 88E1111 Gigabit PHY, rev. 2
makphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 
1000baseT-FDX, auto
ppb1 at pci0 dev 13 function 0: vendor 0x10de product 0x005d (rev. 0xa3)
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
pci2: memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
ppb2 at pci0 dev 14 function 0: vendor 0x10de product 0x005d (rev. 0xa3)
pci3 at ppb2 bus 1
pci3: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
vga0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0: vendor 0x10de product 0x0161 (rev. 0xa1)
vga0: WARNING: ignoring 64-bit BAR @ 0x14
vga0: WARNING: ignoring 64-bit BAR @ 0x1c
wsdisplay0 at vga0 kbdmux 1
wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 24 function 0
pchb0: vendor 0x1022 product 0x1100 (rev. 0x00)
pchb1 at pci0 dev 24 function 1
pchb1: vendor 0x1022 product 0x1101 (rev. 0x00)
pchb2 at pci0 dev 24 function 2
pchb2: vendor 0x1022 product 0x1102 (rev. 0x00)
pchb3 at pci0 dev 24 function 3
pchb3: vendor 0x1022 product 0x1103 (rev. 0x00)
pchb4 at pci0 dev 25 function 0
pchb4: vendor 0x1022 product 0x1100 (rev. 0x00)
pchb5 at pci0 dev 25 function 1
pchb5: vendor 0x1022 product 0x1101 (rev. 0x00)
pchb6 at pci0 dev 25 function 2
pchb6: vendor 0x1022 product 0x1102 (rev. 0x00)
pchb7 at pci0 dev 25 function 3
pchb7: vendor 0x1022 product 0x1103 (rev. 0x00)
isa0 at pcib0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
com0: console
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0 mux 1
wskbd0: connecting to wsdisplay0
attimer0 at isa0 port 0x40-0x43: AT Timer
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
sysbeep0 at pcppi0
pcppi0: attached to attimer0
timecounter: Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2000091320 Hz quality 800
timecounter: Timecounter "clockinterrupt" frequency 100 Hz quality 0
md0: internal 5000 KB image area
atapibus0 at atabus0: 2 targets
cd0 at atapibus0 drive 1: <LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-160P6S, , PS0A> cdrom removable
cd0: 32-bit data port
cd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 4 (Ultra/66)
cd0(viaide0:0:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4 (Ultra/66) (using DMA)
boot device: <unknown>
root on md0a dumps on md0b
root file system type: ffs
warning: no /dev/console
init: Creating mfs /dev (413 blocks, 1024 inodes)
erase ^?, werase ^W, kill ^U, intr ^C

...

it's also oddly inconsistent. That came from the serial port after consdev com0.
When I boot using the VGA display, I get a number of messages

LKSM: ACPI: Found matching pin for 0.1.INTA at func 1: 0
LUS0: ACPI: Found matching pin for 0.2.INTA at func 0: 9
LUS2: ACPI: Found matching pin for 0.2.INTB at func 1: 9
LKLN: ACPI: Found matching pin for 0.10.INTA at func 0: 11
LAUI: ACPI: Found matching pin for 0.4.INTA at func 0: 9
LTID: ACPI: Found matching pin for 0.7.INTA at func 0: 9
LTIE: ACPI: Found matching pin for 0.8.INTA at func 0: 5
LNKB: ACPI: Found matching pin for 128.7.INTA at func 0: 9
LNKA: ACPI: Found matching pin for 128.8.INTA at func 0: 9
LNKC: ACPI: Found matching pin for 128.10.INTA at func 0: 10
ACPI Object Type 'Processor' (0x0c) at acpi0 not configured
ACPI Object Type 'Processor' (0x0c) at acpi0 not configured
ACPI Object Type 'Processor' (0x0c) at acpi0 not configured
ACPI Object Type 'Processor' (0x0c) at acpi0 not configured

after

ACPI-Safe 24-bit timer

but it still doesn't find any disks, and the viaidex messages are the same 
(including the errors about type 2 and 3). Maybe they're just not being sent to 
the serial port? They're present in the in-memory buffer (from dmesg)!