kern/42977: FreeBSD installer doesn't probe past EISA slot 10. Causes issues with NetServers.

[John Baldwin]

The following reply was made to PR kern/42977; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: John Baldwin <jhb at FreeBSD.org>
To: Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org>
Cc: freebsd-bugs at FreeBSD.org, qa at FreeBSD.org,
	freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris at FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: kern/42977: FreeBSD installer doesn't probe past EISA slot 10. Causes issues with NetServers.
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 23:23:09 -0400 (EDT)

 On 21-Jul-2003 Kris Kennaway wrote:
 > On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 05:30:45PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
 >> 
 >> On 18-Jul-2003 Kris Kennaway wrote:
 >> > Synopsis: FreeBSD installer doesn't probe past EISA slot 10. Causes issues with NetServers.
 >> 
 >> This is a feature to avoid conflicts with PCI.  The bset resolution for
 >> this might be to add a FAQ that explains how to increase the number of
 >> slots from the kernel config in 4.x and from the loader on 5.x.
 > 
 > And corresponding text to the install guide?
 
 Sure, but I think this should be classed as a doc bug now and probably
 handed off to doc at .
 
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