Try to avoid crashes during kernel startup by limiting the # of EISA

slots to probe.  Problems have been reported in this area, lets hope this
bandaid helps.

!! Owners of EISA-equipped Alpha machines are requested to at least
!! boot-test a 6-BETA build and report back to the Alpha list. Thanks!

Approved by: re (scottl)
Suggested by: ticso
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wilko 2005-09-24 16:47:34 +00:00
parent 264e350e93
commit 6d71624abe

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@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ options WITNESS_SKIPSPIN # Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
# To make an SMP kernel, the next line is needed
options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel
# Alpha's do not appear to react well to probing high EISA slots
options EISA_SLOTS=2
# Standard busses
device isa
device eisa