Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:12:50 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: APIC-UP related panic Message-ID: <20031113091227.H81728@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpptfxcvle.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <200311110220.10204@harrymail> <XFMail.20031111113526.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20031112175631.GQ12248@over-yonder.net> <xzpptfxcvle.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Dag-Erling [iso-8859-1] Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> writes: > > > However, if NO_MIXED_MODE works, that is actually the more desirable > > > way to run your system. > > How common is the need for this? Does turning of mixed mode when it's > > not needed give any real advantages higher up? > > NO_MIXED_MODE disables a hack which allow FreeBSD to work with mother- > boards that lie about how APIC pins are wired. In general, you always > want to use NO_MIXED_MODE *except* on hardware that has the bug that > makes the mixed-mode hack necessary. Any way we can make this a tunable? :) --=20 Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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