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SubjectRe: IDE parms ignored w/2.2.7?
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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