Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 May 1999 14:27:41 -0400 (EDT) | From | Richard A Nelson <> | Subject | Re: IDE parms ignored w/2.2.7? |
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On Tue, 4 May 1999, David Weinehall wrote:
> > Well, I saw that you got some other answers on this one, so I just have > one comment to make: the mca-pentium option is removed in the v2.2.x > kernels, so you don't need to specify it. If you experience trouble with > PS/2's with a pentium, use no-hlt instead; it basically does the same > thing. However, unless there are any troubles (freeze on bootup), don't > use that option. Not all pentium-processors have this problem.
The mca-pentium option is back in 2.2.{6,7}-ac1... It indeed still needed on, at least, some 9595 models, wherein the kernel freezes at the fdiv test.
no-hlt option (or lack thereof) made no difference in the hang.
> > /David Weinehall > > _ _ > // David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se> /> Northern lights wander \\ > // Project MCA Linux hacker // Dance across the winter sky // > \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ </ Full colour fire </ >
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