Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:49:46 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC Message-ID: <200809161649.46724.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200809162027.m8GKRxMl083609@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200809162027.m8GKRxMl083609@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Tuesday 16 September 2008 04:22:22 pm John Baldwin wrote: > jhb 2008-09-16 20:22:22 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/i386/conf GENERIC > Log: > SVN rev 183101 on 2008-09-16 20:22:22Z by jhb > > Add 'device acpi' to GENERIC on i386. Most newer i386 machines require it, > so the benefit of having acpi.ko as a standalone module is outweighed by > the complications of drivers compiled into the kernel not including ACPI > attachments by default. > > Discussed on: current I have not disabled the build of the acpi.ko kernel module for now or changed any of the other infrastructure. The bits in the loader to auto-load the acpi.ko module are smart enough to not load it if it is already compiled into the kernel (or at least I haven't had any problems over the last N years I have had 'device acpi' in my i386 kernels). -- John Baldwin
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