Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 22:33:21 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Bob Van Valzah <Bob@VanValzah.Com> Cc: FreeBSD-ACPI@FreeBSD.Org Subject: Re: Possible Handbook Typo Message-ID: <20050102063321.709045D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 01 Jan 2005 18:37:05 CST." <1104626226.43507.48.camel@Bud.29West.Com>
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> From: Bob Van Valzah <Bob@VanValzah.Com> > Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 18:37:05 -0600 > Sender: owner-freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org > > I'm just reading the acpi-debug.html page in the handbook and I see > something that looks suspicious (to my eyes at least). > > Section 11.16.3.2 System Hangs (temporary or permanent) advises setting > hint.apic.0.disabled="1" in loader.conf. Shouldn't hints go > in /boot/device.hints instead of loader.conf? > > I'm no expert in this area, so I thought I check it with the ACPI list > before submitting a PR. No typo. Hints may be in either the device.hints file or loader.conf, but in the case of ACPI, it's probably better to use loader.conf as it is processed earlier and ACPI starts doing things very early in the boot procedure, -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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