Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 18:35:38 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: nate@root.org Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New ACPI blacklist format Message-ID: <20040511.183538.13771005.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20040511151428.P77557@root.org> References: <20040507231846.F52653@root.org> <20040508164334.GA3217@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20040511151428.P77557@root.org>
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Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> writes:
: On Sat, 8 May 2004, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
: > On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 11:28:15PM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote:
: >
: > *snip*
: >
: > > static struct acpi_table_desc Abit_BP6[] = {
: > > { "FACP", "AWARD", "AWRDACPI", "<=", "30302e31", "", "", "" },
: > > };
: > > static struct acpi_table_desc AMI_INT[] = { /* 01/18/00 */
: > > { "FACP", "AWARD", "", "<=", "10", "", "", "" },
: > > { "DSDT", "", "", "<=", "5", "", "", "" },
: > > };
: > > static struct acpi_table_desc Compaq_ViperII[] = {
: > > { "FACP", "COMPAQ", "VIPER II", "<=", "06040000", "PTL", "<=", "000F4240" },
: > > };
: >
: > *snip*
: >
: > If space is a concern, you can enable (i.e. compile-in) quirks by
: > using kernel options, like:
: >
: > options ACPI_QUIRK_ABIT_BP6
: >
: > and
: >
: > #ifdef ACPI_QUIRK_ABIT_BP6
: > static struct acpi_table_desc Abit_BP6[] = {
: > { "FACP", "AWARD", "AWRDACPI", "<=", "30302e31", "", "", "" },
: > };
: > #endif
: >
: > You put all three of them in GENERIC and people can add or remove them
: > from their own kernel configuration to fit their needs (and save space).
: > If the quirks are in MI files, then this also avoids that i386 quirks
: > end up in amd64 or ia64 kernels.
:
: There will be about 100-300 of these. :)
All the more reason to have them in a form that can easily be subset
and takes the tedium (== error possibilities) out of the loop :-)
Warner
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