From b710763608f1bfc8d4cd346e508f3f4878af361e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:33:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] x86 setup: add note to use edd=off on EDD probing hangs Tell the user to specify edd=off in the case of EDD probing hangs. Per LKML discussion. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- arch/x86/boot/edd.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/edd.c b/arch/x86/boot/edd.c index d3e978030c5c..8721dc46a0b6 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/edd.c +++ b/arch/x86/boot/edd.c @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ void query_edd(void) */ if (!be_quiet) - printf("Probing EDD... "); + printf("Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)... "); for (devno = 0x80; devno < 0x80+EDD_MBR_SIG_MAX; devno++) { /* -- 2.20.1