Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:45:43 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.org Cc: Bob Van Valzah <Bob@VanValzah.Com> Subject: Re: Possible Handbook Typo Message-ID: <200501041545.43418.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <41DAF4B5.8050701@root.org> References: <20050102063321.709045D04@ptavv.es.net> <200501040949.19697.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <41DAF4B5.8050701@root.org>
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On Tuesday 04 January 2005 02:55 pm, Nate Lawson wrote: > 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). That's because the instructions are broken. It does say '# as needed', but it really should be more like '# if you don't have one already'. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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