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Date:      Sun, 21 Mar 2004 14:19:05 +0100
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf kern.post.mk
Message-ID:  <xzpad2al4mu.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20040321111225.GA38100@robin.ip.net.ua> (Ruslan Ermilov's message of "Sun, 21 Mar 2004 13:12:25 %2B0200")
References:  <200403202247.i2KMlUBo057993@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040321111225.GA38100@robin.ip.net.ua>

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Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> Any explanation of what makes IA-64 so special in this respect
> would be appreciated.

unlike i386, ia64 can boot without hints.

I really wish this were the case for i386 as well...  I believe the
only hint which is actually required for a modern PCI-based PC is
hint.vga.0.at=3D"isa".

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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