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Date:      Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:35:58 -0800
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
To:        John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org>
Cc:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 machdep.c
Message-ID:  <20031204213558.GB52636@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
In-Reply-To: <20031204210904.GI54398@funkthat.com>
References:  <20031204.111430.78763615.imp@bsdimp.com> <XFMail.20031204144302.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20031204210904.GI54398@funkthat.com>

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On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 01:09:04PM -0800, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> 
> One way would be to make acpi a newbus (which is what I believe Warner
> is thinking of) attachment...  Then madt would become a device off the
> acpi bus...

I think it's time people read the ACPI specification and try to
understand how things are supposed to work, including on non-i386
platforms. I don't think I've heard of anything more silly than
having a table (disguised as a device) attach to a bus (which is
what ACPI disguises as).

-- 
 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel@xcllnt.net



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