Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 13:04:59 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/libi386 i386_module.c Message-ID: <XFMail.20030509130459.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030509150233.GD54693@survey.codeburst.net>
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On 09-May-2003 Paul Richards wrote: > On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 10:25:37AM -0700, Peter Wemm wrote: >> 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. >> >> Exactly. But I was just getting annoyed with this warning during >> development while I had it stubbed out. > > You might still want it as a module even if it's mandatory so that > you can choose which version to load from the bootloader when your > testing new versions. That would only work if the kernel linker supported that. At the moment it doesn't. :) -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/
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