Re: CVS commit: syssrc

[David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Sat, 3 Jun 2000 itojun%iijlab.net@localhost wrote:

> 
> >Module Name: syssrc
> >Committed By:        he
> >Date:                Sat Jun  3 14:18:24 UTC 2000
> >Modified Files:
> >     syssrc/sys/arch/i386/i386 [netbsd-1-4]: pmap.new.c
> >Log Message:
> >Apply patch (from revision 1.91 of pmap.c, requested by thorpej):
> >  When allocating new PT pages during early bootstrap (i.e. before
> >  pmap_init() has finished), make sure to zero them.
> 
>       it seems to me that some of recent changes around here broke APM on
>       IBM notebook machines.  I'm still wondering which is the genuine
>       source.  see PR10271.  do people with IBM thinkpad doing fine with
>       the above change?

        My thinkpad 560 APM is completely deranged with -current (I
        wasn't sure it mightnt be failing hardware as it has some other
        issues). Would anywhere have any idea of where I should be looking
        to try to help track this down?


                David/absolute
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