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Date:      Thu, 4 Dec 2003 16:20:56 -0800 (PST)
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 machdep.c
Message-ID:  <20031204162032.Q24814@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <20031204213558.GB52636@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
References:  <20031204.111430.78763615.imp@bsdimp.com> <XFMail.20031204144302.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20031204213558.GB52636@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>

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On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> 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).

Yes, acpi is already a bus.  See devinfo with acpi loaded.

-Nate



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