Possible Handbook Typo

[Nate Lawson]

John Baldwin wrote:
> On Sunday 02 January 2005 01:33 am, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> 
>>>From: Bob Van Valzah <Bob at VanValzah.Com>
>>>Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 18:37:05 -0600
>>>Sender: owner-freebsd-acpi at freebsd.org
>>>
>>>I'm just reading the acpi-debug.html page in the handbook and I see
>>>something that looks suspicious (to my eyes at least).
>>>
>>>Section 11.16.3.2 System Hangs (temporary or permanent) advises setting
>>>hint.apic.0.disabled="1" in loader.conf.  Shouldn't hints go
>>>in /boot/device.hints instead of loader.conf?
>>>
>>>I'm no expert in this area, so I thought I check it with the ACPI list
>>>before submitting a PR.
>>
>>No typo.
>>
>>Hints may be in either the device.hints file or loader.conf, but in the
>>case of ACPI, it's probably better to use loader.conf as it is processed
>>earlier and ACPI starts doing things very early in the boot procedure,
> 
> 
> Nah, the boot only checks to see if ACPI is there, but that info isn't used by 
> the kernel if the disable hint is set.  Setting it in either file is find.
> 

I recommend loader.conf since device.hints is overwritten during a full 
kernel upgrade while mergemaster handles loader.conf just fine (see 
src/UPDATING).

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Nate