Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 15:19:40 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, toor@dyson.iquest.net Cc: current@freebsd.org, dyson@dyson.iquest.net, markm@iafrica.com Subject: Re: 3.0-current Kernel panicking on bootup Message-ID: <199612070419.PAA14363@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> >> I think it needs to be a positive option so that it fails safely. >> >> >> >Okay, then make it conditional on the various processors that support >> >it? As opposed to the processor that doesn't? >> >> No. Many configurations, e.g. GENERIC, have support for all x86 processors. >> >That means that people who run GENERIC won't get the advantage >of disabling the 386. So what? This means that if you make it conditional on the various processors that support it, then you break GENERIC on i386's. GENERIC is configured to support all processors. If you remove the support for i486's and up from it then people who run GENERIC will get all the disadvantages of the i386, e.g., no CR0_WP. Bruce
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