On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 01:07:35PM -0400, diro@nixsyspaus.org wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 05:40:00PM +0200, Quentin Garnier wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 12:42:00AM -0400, diro@nixsyspaus.org wrote:
> > > http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-bugs/2007/07/21/0001.html
> > > 
> > > I looked through the sources for azalia.c, azalia.h, and azalia_codec.c and
> > > reviewed some private correspondence from another NetBSD user. I am making time
> > > in my schedule to work on this; however, it's difficult as i am running 3.1
> > > instead of -current, so i don't think i'd be able to test any of the code other
> > > than for syntax.
> > > 
> > > Also, i wasn't sure if it was an issue with the driver or something with the
> > > motherboard. I would like to start working on these sorts of issues in NetBSD.
> > > In a situation like this, what's the best place to start? What's most likely the
> > > cause of the problem? Please advise.
> > 
> > It's a BIOS bug.  More precisely, the BIOS doesn't support 32-bits OSes,
> > at least those that don't do PAE.
> > 
> > Check the motherboard's vendor site for upgrades or use NetBSD/amd64...
> > 
> > -- 
> > Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
> > "You could have made it, spitting out benchmarks
> > Owe it to yourself not to fail"
> > Amplifico, Spitting Out Benchmarks, Hometakes Vol. 2, 2005.
> 
> 
> Hmm, it's strange that the BIOS would be 64 bit and the processor 32bit. I tried
> booting with amd64 and that was not possible. Do you think swapping the
> processor with a 64bit processor would make this work? Is there another way to
> modify the BIOS to support PAE? Strange that it doesn't, because it's a fairly
> new board.
> 
> The US representative of the company says that no firmware upgrades are
> available for the motherboard. It's very difficult to find firmware for this
> particular model, the Durabook S14D (D14RI).


I found that this processor actually has PAE enable, so it would have to be the
board and swapping the processor probably wouldn't make a difference. Perhaps
there's another way?