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

John Baldwin jhb at FreeBSD.org
Mon Jul 21 20:22:59 PDT 2003


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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