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| author | wilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-09-24 16:47:34 +0000 |
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| committer | wilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-09-24 16:47:34 +0000 |
| commit | 6d71624abef6738041318c754c291df247abd5d5 (patch) | |
| tree | 90c6c2f341fecfe04af09d0762a454f4869db38c /sys/alpha | |
| parent | 264e350e934b944f88622c1cd9817a70f21572e1 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-6d71624abef6738041318c754c291df247abd5d5.zip FreeBSD-src-6d71624abef6738041318c754c291df247abd5d5.tar.gz | |
Try to avoid crashes during kernel startup by limiting the # of EISA
slots to probe. Problems have been reported in this area, lets hope this
bandaid helps.
!! Owners of EISA-equipped Alpha machines are requested to at least
!! boot-test a 6-BETA build and report back to the Alpha list. Thanks!
Approved by: re (scottl)
Suggested by: ticso
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/alpha')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC b/sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC index dab69dd..217dfe5 100644 --- a/sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC +++ b/sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC @@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ options WITNESS_SKIPSPIN # Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed # To make an SMP kernel, the next line is needed options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel +# Alpha's do not appear to react well to probing high EISA slots +options EISA_SLOTS=2 + # Standard busses device isa device eisa |
