From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Aug 5 12:40:41 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77F3214D7C for ; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 12:40:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA13484; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 12:34:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199908051934.MAA13484@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Mike Meyer Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PIIX4? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 05 Aug 1999 12:34:57 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 12:34:45 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Well, I came back after a power outage to find my system still > down. Checking the hardware docs, I find that a jumper must be set to > enable PIIX4, which means the system will power back on. > > The question is, is PIIX4 something magic that FreeBSD needs to > support, and does it? Or does it mean the system just reboot from > scratch after an AC failure? Er, no. "PIIX4" is the Intel name for the PCI/ISA bridge chip, which also contains a pile of other stuff. Your documentation is defective (and FreeBSD already supports the stuff contained in the PIIX4). -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message