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Date:      Sun, 4 Nov 2007 23:55:38 +0000
From:      "Rui Paulo" <rpaulo@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Rink Springer" <rink@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MacBook users: possible fix for the SMP problem
Message-ID:  <e1309ba60711041555n72def9fn71de42fcf40bfaa1@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20071104231422.GA82337@rink.nu>
References:  <4A5A9C78-22AC-4480-BDEB-A72F6CF472DB@fnop.net> <20071104231422.GA82337@rink.nu>

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On Nov 4, 2007 11:14 PM, Rink Springer <rink@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Hi Rui,
>
> On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 08:59:28PM +0000, Rui Paulo wrote:
> > Note: this is still a hack. I'm still thinking about a way to
> > correctly identify on which systems we need to apply this fix.
>
> This indeed looks hackikly - I don't know whether it's possible to
> distinguish between a 'normal' PC or a MacBook - but if this is not
> possible, maybe a kernel option is in order?

It's possible to distinguish between a MacBook and a PeeCee via smbios
vendor strings.
But what I actually wanted was something more general.

Regards.
-- 
Rui Paulo



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