Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options.i386 src/sys/i386/i386 initcpu.c

[David Rhodus <drhodus@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/5/05, Hiten Pandya <hmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Matthew Dillon wrote:
> > :
> > :Matthew Dillon wrote:
> > :>   At the moment the fix requires specifying a cpu option in your kernel config:
> > :>
> > :>    options CPU_AMD64X2_INTR_SPAM
> > :what happens when I add this option to a non-shuttlepc/amd x2 box kernel?
> >
> >     Bad things happen.  It doesn't yet check that the cpu id is correct.
> >     I will do that, as soon as I figure out the range of cpu IDs involved.
> >
>
> We should implement a quirk-based system, as done for other device subsystems
> like USB, SCSI etc.  Such a quirk based system will remove the neccessity
> of these
> kind of arbitrary kernel options.
>
> Sure, it might take a little longer at boot time but its dynamic and saves
> users
> trouble *first time round*.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Hiten Pandya
> hmp at dragonflybsd.org
>

I don't think slowing down the boot time any more could hurt.  DFly
already has the slowest boot time of any operating systems that I use.
:-(

-DR