From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 19 21:39:21 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7928106566C; Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:39:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 754C38FC08; Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:39:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.3/8.14.1) with ESMTP id p0JLXvCe024895; Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:33:57 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Message-ID: <4D3758C5.4060102@bsdimp.com> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:33:57 -0700 From: Warner Losh User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101211 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kostik Belousov References: <201101191709.p0JH97ZD083132@svn.freebsd.org> <20110119171807.GA2518@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <201101191311.03440.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <20110119205513.GC2518@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> In-Reply-To: <20110119205513.GC2518@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Jung-uk Kim Subject: Re: svn commit: r217587 - head/sys/i386/i386 X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:39:22 -0000 On 01/19/2011 13:55, Kostik Belousov wrote: > Simply put, we cannot trust BIOS. Given all the issues we've had with BIOS over the years, I think it is better to be proactively paranoid where possible, unless there is a significant performance improvement for the overall system.. Warner