From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 7 16:34:05 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDF8216A418 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 16:34:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from asmrookie@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7992813C48E for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 16:34:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from asmrookie@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so1779754nfb for ; Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:33:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; bh=hu0f7Uxm3HduaZ/9OSdOEMP+azwSKK+X40Iloux2geE=; b=JcZ22Yue4iDNfDSSCB9vQEaP3L5yWXQN6mcAzcVKrRNwBe4+2KRIJ30pUatN49c868Y4iBL8jLgojlCdzKf99u+DOqJXFqsA4LLQZjUJcLK3DUm1tfR1S6sM200IaWs4adHgtJ95JlKr0N4McDfnNgxu+4RsjgeNYHOhcDIFI3M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=IZL4ZyeZGewoG7kMOMNsdVwXAFmxDQ9beuJ1S0BINkB27qSOlmkuW0aDA4ysW4N0kWaiC82H9pfeOjI0vGsh//8FW2SB8fG+W7eeQkhTuJcGecjoEZ1hntOw0vufpeWl3oi7O35h5OVe/pys2V5fJPEtOfL6b/Z/tAabmNDGoyg= Received: by 10.86.60.7 with SMTP id i7mr5356411fga.1194451643622; Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:07:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.86.90.4 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:07:23 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3bbf2fe10711070807h7e7fb5b8t220ad73dcdcad0c9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 17:07:23 +0100 From: "Attilio Rao" Sender: asmrookie@gmail.com To: "Rui Paulo" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4A5A9C78-22AC-4480-BDEB-A72F6CF472DB@fnop.net> <20071104231422.GA82337@rink.nu> <472F5E62.4080406@samsco.org> <60C64C73-A019-4C01-85E1-80DF4C76B1AF@freebsd.org> X-Google-Sender-Auth: ada5bcec31041fd8 Cc: Scott Long , Rink Springer , freebsd-i386@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MacBook users: possible fix for the SMP problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:34:06 -0000 2007/11/7, Rui Paulo : > > > If you have a MacBook, you now need to set hw.ich.disable_legacy_usb > on the boot loader prompt or in loader.conf. I decided to go this > route because it seems safer. Imagine the case where there's a port at > the same IO address that has nothing to do with the ICH7. If we tried > to issue the outl() on every system, something bad could happen. I would prefer to let it autotune by the system, if possible, in this situation. Great work, Attilio -- Peace can only be achieved by understanding - A. Einstein