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Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 10:25:59 +0930 (CST)
From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Subject: Re: PIIX4?
Cc: stable@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net>
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On 05-Aug-99 Mike Smith wrote:
> > The question is, is PIIX4 something magic that FreeBSD needs to
> > support, and does it? Or does it mean the system just reboot from
> > scratch after an AC failure?
>  Er, no.  "PIIX4" is the Intel name for the PCI/ISA bridge chip, which 
>  also contains a pile of other stuff.  Your documentation is defective 
>  (and FreeBSD already supports the stuff contained in the PIIX4).

I think its really telling him that he should change the jumper for power
supply to 'PIIX4 Control' instead of 'BIOS Control'..

ie the upshot being turn power on when AC comes on or wait for the power button
:)

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Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
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