Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 11:55:33 -0800 From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Bob Van Valzah <Bob@VanValzah.Com> Subject: Re: Possible Handbook Typo Message-ID: <41DAF4B5.8050701@root.org> In-Reply-To: <200501040949.19697.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <20050102063321.709045D04@ptavv.es.net> <200501040949.19697.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: > On Sunday 02 January 2005 01:33 am, Kevin Oberman wrote: > >>>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, > > > Nah, the boot only checks to see if ACPI is there, but that info isn't used by > the kernel if the disable hint is set. Setting it in either file is find. > I recommend loader.conf since device.hints is overwritten during a full kernel upgrade while mergemaster handles loader.conf just fine (see src/UPDATING). -- Nate
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