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Subject: Re: Only display ACPI bootmenu key if ACPI is present
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On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:14 PM, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> This patch changes the Forth code for the Beastie menu to only display th=
e
> menu option to enable or disable ACPI if the loader detects ACPI. =A0This=
 avoids
> displaying a menu item prompting to enable ACPI if the BIOS doesn't actua=
lly
> include ACPI. =A0Any objections?

Wouldn't that be a POLA violation? Some admins may be used to the
current menu, and would be scratching head as what went wrong.
Maybe it would be better to keep the menu option, but make it
non-selectable and print next to it something like "(not available)"?

-cpghost.

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