Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 12:34:45 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PIIX4? Message-ID: <199908051934.MAA13484@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 05 Aug 1999 12:34:57 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908051231300.420-100000@guru.phone.net>
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> 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
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