Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:55:29 +0100 From: Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help review the FAQ Message-ID: <50B471F1.5040704@ose.nl> In-Reply-To: <50B46F5D.1040100@netfence.it> References: <CAF6rxgk9UJRk07SXfLzK97ZaTO0aTsoUQ9-06UzdnGV4JHL4ug@mail.gmail.com> <50AA8C85.2000002@netfence.it> <176051353355653@web21f.yandex.ru> <CAF6rxgmdXoNp%2Bnj0-H8bUSw=7KsRw5cZaMxyzK4bMdHH=%2BMLcA@mail.gmail.com> <50B3E8A6.7060004@ose.nl> <50B46F5D.1040100@netfence.it>
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On 11/27/2012 08:44 AM, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > On 11/26/12 23:09, Bas Smeelen wrote: > >> Probable addition >> 8.8 I get a lot of 'spurious interrupts detected' messages on a modified >> i386 build kernel and my computer does not work right. What did I do wrong? >> >> You have a single processor computer, build your own customized kernel >> and disabled >> options SMP (multiprocessor). >> Probably you also disabled the line below, >> device apic # I/O APIC >> >> This is code for the advanced programmable interrupt controller which >> also controls interrupts for your attached devices, being ethernet cards >> and others. >> Do not disable this device. > > While I don't know about apic, there used to be "KEEP THIS!!!" comments in > GENERIC's conf file. > I guess this would be more on the spot than a FAQ you'd read *after* > removing this. > > Just my 2c. > > bye > av. You're probably right. It must have been before 6.3-RELEASE, where there are no KEEP THIS comments in GENERIC. Though in NOTES it says "Mandatory". It is a very stupid user error on my side, which I stumbled upon quite a time ago and maybe not even FAQ worthy then.
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