commit b710763608f1bfc8d4cd346e508f3f4878af361e
author H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Wed Jan 30 13:33:03 2008 +0100
committer Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Wed Jan 30 13:33:03 2008 +0100
tree bd1bb03361f9eb56c09f8e409f6e49ebee290278
parent 70d8abf5df857ca7befe02e5d61fde807420a54c

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>

arch/x86/boot/edd.c

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/edd.c b/arch/x86/boot/edd.c
index d3e9780..8721dc4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/edd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/edd.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 	 */
 
 	if (!be_quiet)
-		printf("Probing EDD... ");
+		printf("Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)... ");
 
 	for (devno = 0x80; devno < 0x80+EDD_MBR_SIG_MAX; devno++) {
 		/*