From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:33:03 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: x86 setup: add note to use edd=off on EDD probing hangs
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.25-rc1~1143^2~326
X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b710763608f1bfc8d4cd346e508f3f4878af361e;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git

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 <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/edd.c b/arch/x86/boot/edd.c
index d3e978030c5..8721dc46a0b 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++) {
 		/*