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Date:      Mon, 5 May 2003 09:55:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/common help.common
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0305050954240.5135-100000@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030505073321.5484D37B404@hub.freebsd.org>

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On Mon, 5 May 2003, David E. O'Brien wrote:
>   Since we insist on loading the POS ACPI by default, give the poor user
>   instructions on the main help screen for disabling it.
>   
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.25      +5 -0      src/sys/boot/common/help.common
> 
> --- src/sys/boot/common/help.common:1.24	Thu Mar  6 19:24:38 2003
> +++ src/sys/boot/common/help.common	Mon May  5 00:33:12 2003
> @@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
>  	Some commands may not be available.  Use the '?' command to list
>  	most available commands.
>  
> +	If needed, disable the use of ACPI with:
> +
> +	unset acpi_load
> +	$hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
> +
>  ################################################################################
>  # Tautoboot DBoot after a delay

Only one of those is needed.  I personally prefer the hint since it can be
made permanent by adding it to /boot/device.hints.  Thanks for documenting
this.

-Nate



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