Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 21:36:11 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org> To: john@utzweb.net Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: is there a technical reason for apm or pnp to NOT be klds? Message-ID: <20020430.213611.23716977.imp@village.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0204301608460.30583-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0204301608460.30583-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net>
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John Utz <john@utzweb.net> writes:
: 7. discover that apm isnt a KLD either. :-(
:
: 8. wonder why apm isnt a KLD...
:
: 9. decide to ask list.
apm is hard to make a kld. There's a number of things that we do
differently if apm is in the kernel, since apm is a known rogue when
it comes to timing things. Since the clock attaches well before apm,
it is hard to go back and retro-fit things to behave properly. With
enough work, you might be able to pull it off.
PNPBIOS I think is similar, but I don't know it well enough.
Warner
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