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Subject: Re: FreeBSD/amd64 on machine without ACPI BIOS?
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on 11/12/2011 23:12 Lev Serebryakov said the following:
> Hello, Andriy.
> You wrote 11 декабря 2011 г., 23:12:34:
> 
>>>>  Is it true? Is it possible to have FreeBSD/amd64 without ACPI?
>>>   It seems, that "device mptable" in kernel config helps.
>>>   Why is it not in GENERIC kernel?
>> Just a guess, maybe because GENERIC kernel is for "generic" hardware.
>   Oh, yes, and "Tekram DC395U/UW/F DC315U adapters" or "EISA AHA1742
>  family" is very generic in our days, and "NE[12]000, SMC Ultra, 3c503,
>  DS8390 cards" newtwork cards too, to name some random picks from
>  GENERIC.
> 
>   Generic hardware in our days are CPU, ACPI, APIC, keyboard/console,
>  AHCI, USB, HDA audio and Realtek 1G NIC. Period. Even Intel NICs
> are not so generic (and even Intel itself solder Realtek on lot of their
> motherboards).
> 
>   Servers? Ok, Marvell and Intel NICs + bunch (say, 3-4) SATA/SAS
>  controllers. Again, no all these wide-SCSI and 10Mbit NICs.
> 
>   Hey, we still have "cpu I486_CPU" in i386 config! How THIS could be
>  generic in 2012!?
> 

Looks like my guess is wrong :)

-- 
Andriy Gapon