From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 17 17:58:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from spirit.jaded.net (liv3-3.hamilton.idirect.com [209.161.208.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A1051524C; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 17:58:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@spirit.jaded.net) Received: (from dan@localhost) by spirit.jaded.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA01013; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 21:04:27 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 21:04:27 -0500 From: Dan Moschuk To: Mike Smith Cc: Bill Fumerola , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PNPBIOS + Dell PowerEdge = panic() Message-ID: <20000117210427.A546@spirit.jaded.net> References: <20000116002113.B75768@jade.chc-chimes.com> <200001180112.RAA02848@mass.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200001180112.RAA02848@mass.cdrom.com>; from msmith@FreeBSD.ORG on Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 05:12:14PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG | The problem here is that the i386 nexus_alloc_resource() unconditionally | calls pmap_mapdev() to map any memory-type resource into the kernel. | This is definitely a bad idea; IMHO we should only do this when the | resource is actually activated (and obviously free it when deactivated). | | Commentary? Should I just commit the change and see what happens? 8) Commit and see what happens. I'll keep the pointy had warm for you. 8) -- Dan Moschuk (TFreak!dan@freebsd.org) "Waste not fresh tears on old griefs." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message