I, for one, am always pleased to see these sort of in-depth explanations of these sort of shims. On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 11:35:26AM -0500 I heard the voice of John Baldwin, and lo! it spake thus: > > It's documented in /sys/i386/conf/NOTES now along with 'device apic'. For > a longer explanation of what is happening: > [...] > > So, by default, to work around motherboards that don't hook IRQ 0 > up to the I/O APIC, we route IRQ 0 through the the 8259A PICs. > [...] > > 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? -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd_at_over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"Received on Wed Nov 12 2003 - 08:56:36 UTC
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