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Subject: Re: Possible Handbook Typo
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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