Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:53:32 -0800 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: Francis Barnhart <franimal@speakeasy.net>, FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: disabling ACPI in default install [was: Problem with RC3] Message-ID: <20030114205332.GA5746@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0301141247350.39604-100000@root.org> References: <20030114204058.27383.qmail@webmail.speakeasy.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0301141247350.39604-100000@root.org>
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On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 12:48:47PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Francis Barnhart wrote:
> > --- /stand/help/INSTALL.TXT Fri Jan 10 18:21:12 2003
> > +++ INSTALL.TXT Tue Jan 14 15:34:00 2003
> > @@ -891,13 +891,14 @@
> > the i386 platform to aid in system configuration if it's detected during
> > boot. Unfortunately, some bugs still exist in both the ACPI driver and
> > within system motherboards and BIOS. The use of ACPI can be disabled by
> > - setting the ``hw.acpi.0.disable'' hint in the third stage boot loader:
> > + setting the ``hint.acpi.0.disable'' hint in the third stage boot loader:
^^^
d
> >
> > - set.hw.acpi.0.disabled=1
> > + set hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
> >
> > - This is reset each time the system is booted, so it might be necessary to
> > - set it permanently in the file /boot/loader.conf. More inforation about
> > - the boot loader can be found in the FreeBSD Handbook.
> > + This is reset each time the system is booted, so it is necessary to
> > + permanently add hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" in the file /boot/device.hints.
> ^^^
> "to"
>
> > + More information about the boot loader can be found in the FreeBSD
> > + Handbook.
>
> Other than that, looks great.
>
> -Nate
>
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