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hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
- conf1 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration
- Mechanism 1.
- conf2 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration
- Mechanism 2.
+ conf1 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
+ Mechanism 1 (config address in IO port 0xCF8,
+ data in IO port 0xCFC, both 32-bit).
+ conf2 [X86] Force use of PCI Configuration Access
+ Mechanism 2 (IO port 0xCF8 is an 8-bit port for
+ the function, IO port 0xCFA, also 8-bit, sets
+ bus number. The config space is then accessed
+ through ports 0xC000-0xCFFF).
+ See http://wiki.osdev.org/PCI for more info
+ on the configuration access mechanisms.
noaer [PCIE] If the PCIEAER kernel config parameter is
enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
disable the use of PCIE advanced error reporting.