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Date:      Fri, 17 Nov 2000 18:57:18 -0500
From:      Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net>
To:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 4.2-BETA hangs on boot
Message-ID:  <20001117185718.C3780@pir.net>
In-Reply-To: <14869.49927.736257.730814@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 04:45:11PM -0700
References:  <20001117162836.N62344@bonsai.knology.net> <20001116204344.B62344@bonsai.knology.net> <20001116195957.A62344@bonsai.knology.net> <200011170209.eAH297q51130@drugs.dv.isc.org> <200011172203.PAA77619@harmony.village.org> <200011172237.PAA77876@harmony.village.org> <14869.49927.736257.730814@nomad.yogotech.com>

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Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> probably said:
> Polling 'should' work in all cases, although suspend/resume may not work
> reliably (races and such).  If it doesn't work on Steve's laptop,
> something is messed up with the PCIC probing/setup, since it should work
> fine.

Completely unreliable on my sony Z505HS. Using it hangs the machine, 
every time.

> The biggest advantage for supporting 'polling by default' is the fact
> that IRQ's are a precious commodity on newer hardware, and 'wasting' one
> just for insertion/removal events seems a waste.
> 
> (Steve, on a whim, is PnP turned *OFF* in your BIOS?)

It's off in my bios.

P.

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