On 13-Nov-2003 Doug White wrote: > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Dag-Erling [iso-8859-1] Smørgrav wrote: > >> "Matthew D. Fuller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > > However, if NO_MIXED_MODE works, that is actually the more desirable >> > > way to run your system. >> > How common is the need for this? Does turning of mixed mode when it's >> > not needed give any real advantages higher up? >> >> NO_MIXED_MODE disables a hack which allow FreeBSD to work with mother- >> boards that lie about how APIC pins are wired. In general, you always >> want to use NO_MIXED_MODE *except* on hardware that has the bug that >> makes the mixed-mode hack necessary. > > Any way we can make this a tunable? :)
I need to make it a runtime check again actually at some point. -- John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
