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Date:      Thu, 05 Aug 1999 12:34:45 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PIIX4? 
Message-ID:  <199908051934.MAA13484@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 05 Aug 1999 12:34:57 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908051231300.420-100000@guru.phone.net> 

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> Well, I came back after a power outage to find my system still
> down. Checking the hardware docs, I find that a jumper must be set to
> enable PIIX4, which means the system will power back on.
> 
> The question is, is PIIX4 something magic that FreeBSD needs to
> support, and does it? Or does it mean the system just reboot from
> scratch after an AC failure?

Er, no.  "PIIX4" is the Intel name for the PCI/ISA bridge chip, which 
also contains a pile of other stuff.  Your documentation is defective 
(and FreeBSD already supports the stuff contained in the PIIX4).

-- 
\\  The mind's the standard       \\  Mike Smith
\\  of the man.                   \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\    -- Joseph Merrick           \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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