Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:00:09 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Subject: Re: APIC-UP related panic Message-ID: <XFMail.20031113130009.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20031113091227.H81728@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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On 13-Nov-2003 Doug White wrote: > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Dag-Erling [iso-8859-1] Smørgrav 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? :) I need to make it a runtime check again actually at some point. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/
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