Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:21:52 -0500 From: Francis Barnhart <franimal@speakeasy.net> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>, FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: INSTALL.TXT ACPI Change [was: disabling ACPI in default install [was: Problem with RC3]] Message-ID: <3E248D80.2060804@speakeasy.net> In-Reply-To: <20030114204058.27383.qmail@webmail.speakeasy.net> References: <20030114204058.27383.qmail@webmail.speakeasy.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0301141247350.39604-100000@root.org> <20030114205332.GA5746@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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the i386 platform to aid in system configuration if it's detected during
boot. Unfortunately, some bugs still exist in both the ACPI driver and
within system motherboards and BIOS. The use of ACPI can be disabled by
- setting the ``hw.acpi.0.disable'' hint in the third stage boot loader:
+ setting the ``hint.acpi.0.disabled'' hint in the third stage boot
loader:
- set.hw.acpi.0.disabled=1
+ set hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
- This is reset each time the system is booted, so it might be
necessary to
- set it permanently in the file /boot/loader.conf. More inforation about
- the boot loader can be found in the FreeBSD Handbook.
+ This is reset each time the system is booted, so it is necessary to
+ permanently add hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" to the file /boot/device.hints.
+ More information about the boot loader can be found in the FreeBSD
+ Handbook.
4.2.2. My legacy ISA device used to be recognized in previous
versions of
FreeBSD, but now it's not. What happened?
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Francis Barnhart
franimal@speakeasy.net
http://francisbarnhart.com/
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the i386 platform to aid in system configuration if it's detected during
boot. Unfortunately, some bugs still exist in both the ACPI driver and
within system motherboards and BIOS. The use of ACPI can be disabled by
- setting the ``hw.acpi.0.disable'' hint in the third stage boot loader:
+ setting the ``hint.acpi.0.disabled'' hint in the third stage boot loader:
- set.hw.acpi.0.disabled=1
+ set hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
- This is reset each time the system is booted, so it might be necessary to
- set it permanently in the file /boot/loader.conf. More inforation about
- the boot loader can be found in the FreeBSD Handbook.
+ This is reset each time the system is booted, so it is necessary to
+ permanently add hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" to the file /boot/device.hints.
+ More information about the boot loader can be found in the FreeBSD
+ Handbook.
4.2.2. My legacy ISA device used to be recognized in previous versions of
FreeBSD, but now it's not. What happened?
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