On Nov 7, 2007 9:12 PM, Mark Tinguely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't really like the fact that it has to be turned on manually. Is it > > possible to make this automatic based on BIOS Id or something like this? > > > > -Maxim > > (Thread summary because of text removal - "On some systems, namely MacBooks > we need to disallow the legacy USB circuit to generate an SMI# because this > can cause several problems, namely: incorrect CPU frequency detection and > failure to start the APs." - taken from patch explaination). > > This sounds like a great compiler option / C code definition. It can be > compiled into kernel and left as the default if you need it. It should > not go into GENERIC.
No, I don't like that because it makes us look very bad if you can't install FreeBSD on a MacBook because the kernel hangs very early on boot. Regards. -- Rui Paulo _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
