Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 15:59:42 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Cc: Rong-En Fan <rafan@infor.org> Subject: Re: acpi as kernel module on i386 Message-ID: <200605021559.44121.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20060502181804.GA93421@svm.csie.ntu.edu.tw> References: <20060502181804.GA93421@svm.csie.ntu.edu.tw>
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On Tuesday 02 May 2006 14:18, Rong-En Fan wrote: > Hi, > > Recently commit to ppc code that also decouples the isa+acpi > attachment into separate case, that makes my ppc and lpt disappear > if acpi is loaded as a module. (see the thread "lpt0 disappear (ppc > related) on -current) > > However, i386/conf/NOTES says that building acpi into module is > deprecated. Just wondering why amd64 uses acpi in kernel conf > (I'm not sure about other arch), and on i386 we said this is a > deprecated usage? ACPI is mandatory for amd64 and ia64, but it is optional on i386. Because it is optional, it is a module so that the loader can only load it on machines that support it. I think the ppc module should be changed to include the acpi attachment personally, assuming that the ppc module already includes the ppc isa attachment. -- 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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