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From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 10:37:45AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> 
> On 30-Apr-2003 Peter Wemm wrote:
> > peter       2003/04/30 15:02:39 PDT
> > 
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/boot/i386/libi386 i386_module.c 
> >   Log:
> >   ACPI will always be present on AMD64 - it will never be an autodetect
> >   module.
> 
> I would require it in the kernel rather than load it as a module then.

Considering the track record of ACPI on Athlon motherboards, I'd like to
keep it a module and allow a way for it to be turned off.  All AMD64
systems will have ACPI, but AFAIK it isn't 100% required to be used like
on many laptops.

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-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)