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--- misc:acpi_patch [2025/10/29 22:26] – h3artbl33d
+++ misc:acpi_patch [2025/12/13 12:10] (current) – rqm
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 ====== The Dreaded ACPI Timeout Bug ======
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+===== ⚠️ IMPORTANT =====
+As of  Sun Nov 23 19:56:24 2025 this bug has been [[https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/acpi/dsdt.c?ipk=o-qnntKcxllUqcGWG9W-C-riLyb0POvhyp3hLhnaFy4|fixed in OpenBSD 7.8-current]], and so it will be fixed in the OpenBSD 7.9-stable release.
+Therefore **THE LAST OpenBSD 7.8-stable build [[https://mirror.openbsdonapple.wiki/pub/OpenBSD/7.8/amd64/|provided on our mirror]] with the below ACPI patch will be the one built on 2025-12-07,** incorporating OpenBSD 7.8 errata patches no. 001-011.
+**USERS AFFECTED BY THIS ARE ADVISED TO UPGRADE TO 7.8-current by grabbing a [[https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/|snapshot installer]] or running** `sysupgrade -s`, and when it is released in 2026, upgrade to OpenBSD 7.9.
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+===== The ACPI bug =====
 Some models can experience really, really long boot times with OpenBSD. This bug has been known for a while and seems to have appeared around OpenBSD 7.6. It has [[https://bsd.network/@brynet/114322673716285788|featured]] [[https://old.reddit.com/r/openbsd/comments/1ixz0bn/macbook_2015/|in]] [[https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-bugs&m=173855804823166&w=2|a lot of]] [[https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=174438934730598&w=2|discussions]], and resolving it caused so much unbridled joy that it prompted the creation of this entire wiki.
 ===== The Symptoms =====