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From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/common help.common
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On Mon, 5 May 2003, David E. O'Brien wrote:
>   Since we insist on loading the POS ACPI by default, give the poor user
>   instructions on the main help screen for disabling it.
>   
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.25      +5 -0      src/sys/boot/common/help.common
> 
> --- src/sys/boot/common/help.common:1.24	Thu Mar  6 19:24:38 2003
> +++ src/sys/boot/common/help.common	Mon May  5 00:33:12 2003
> @@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
>  	Some commands may not be available.  Use the '?' command to list
>  	most available commands.
>  
> +	If needed, disable the use of ACPI with:
> +
> +	unset acpi_load
> +	$hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
> +
>  ################################################################################
>  # Tautoboot DBoot after a delay

Only one of those is needed.  I personally prefer the hint since it can be
made permanent by adding it to /boot/device.hints.  Thanks for documenting
this.

-Nate