From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 15 16:47:43 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2A0D1065676 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:47:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua) Received: from falcon.cybervisiontech.com (falcon.cybervisiontech.com [217.20.163.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 854698FC18 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:47:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by falcon.cybervisiontech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC3B574419B; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:47:41 +0300 (EEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at falcon.cybervisiontech.com Received: from falcon.cybervisiontech.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (falcon.cybervisiontech.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id TEdK6Cch1-fK; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:47:41 +0300 (EEST) Received: from [10.2.1.87] (gateway.cybervisiontech.com.ua [91.198.50.114]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by falcon.cybervisiontech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B8FD74415D; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:47:41 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <48CE91AB.3000200@icyb.net.ua> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:47:39 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080805) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marcel Moolenaar References: <48CE59C2.9060307@icyb.net.ua> <48CE8D2D.4020400@icyb.net.ua> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sio => uart: one port is gone X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:47:43 -0000 on 15/09/2008 19:41 Marcel Moolenaar said the following: > > So, if you compile acpi(4) as a module, you must compile all > it's depending drivers as modules as well. Or you compile acpi > into the kernel... I understand the logic, but OTOH uart can work without acpi too, so it's not a strict dependency. Also, this (acpi dependency) doesn't seem to be documented. Anyway, I understand the issue now, thank you! >> From /sys/i386/conf/NOTES (RELENG_7): >> # Note that building ACPI into the kernel is deprecated; the module is >> # normally loaded automatically by the loader. > > Just another bogus note. Compiling ACPI into the kernel is > not deprecated, because it's required for at least ia64 and > I think for amd64 as well. Just a remark: such a note doesn't appear in amd64 NOTES, only in i386. -- Andriy Gapon