Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 21:38:16 -0800 From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Bob Van Valzah <Bob@VanValzah.Com> Cc: FreeBSD-ACPI@FreeBSD.Org Subject: Re: Possible Handbook Typo Message-ID: <41C513C8.4030904@root.org> In-Reply-To: <1103430396.1593.4.camel@Bud.29West.Com> References: <1103430396.1593.4.camel@Bud.29West.Com>
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Bob Van Valzah wrote: > 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. > Thanks for notifying us. Hints work in either /boot/device.hints or /boot/loader.conf, and the syntax is exactly the same. Since device.hints is overwritten as part of the instructions in UPDATING for installing a new kernel, I think it's better to keep local changes in loader.conf. -- Nate
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