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Old 12th February 2010
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...except for the fact that I am running 4.6-stable.
I disagree. What you posted was the 4.6-release kernel dmesg, so you are not running -stable. Theo built your kernel, you didn't:
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OpenBSD 4.6 (GENERIC) #58: Thu Jul  9 21:24:42 MDT 2009
    deraadt@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
Nor are your running -release + errata, as patches 002,003, and 005 are kernel patches. You may want to reread FAQ 5.1 to more clearly understand the flavors of the OS. And if you've built a -stable kernel, you didn't boot it, so you may want to reread FAQ 5.3.4 and note the install step you would have skipped.

Since -stable adds no new functionality, by its very nature, it is a moot point. Note the date of the -release kernel build: July 9, 2009. This kernel, and its drivers, were developed and built before your laptop's BIOS was.

I agree with Ocicat; try a -current snapshot, which will be very close to but not exactly what 4.7-release will be this spring. (4.7 is close to being put to bed, but as of last night, 4.7-release had not yet been tagged, so 4.7-release will still be "ahead" of a recent -current snapshot.)

Last edited by jggimi; 12th February 2010 at 11:47 AM.
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