From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 9 23:45:03 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26797106566B; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:45:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EFDA8FC15; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:45:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwb22 with SMTP id 22so38281wwb.31 for ; Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:45:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=umCdrdFm1oMObgltn2TRhZokvS6/rb3fLjwwUJfb+Dw=; b=DAmmz7R1sr5CmIvM/MPZrcqzz1aadPL1yeX86z2DsfxVuSI2/84Ydi5M0waEKVx2SN WLKuy8f7/XXZpototZsCKdTgceEMcsSywMMSiDmrYID1KrbY1G4IsV0Jmcwkr67h8HbY uEWNFWE4o6cSRI4jzoEi/yo99axiHYO1zUysE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=vLF45HBSzxLN+GbmxUBwjzPuj+DDGtucIbLLcjrHDwN92s2r5bO/KO+latgNPK9sGX pKPWPfWFs+0wxTWinEf6dBp63jEcLSg3c6EY1gGsIJWgYyOsa28KD28aLehntwulHE+/ fnuqTMBhacOfIY+c+mMuTLQTEEHaU42DalgXI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.35.139 with SMTP id u11mr473499wea.15.1289346300254; Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:45:00 -0800 (PST) Sender: yanegomi@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.198.27 with HTTP; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 15:45:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <201011081714.53637.jhb@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 15:45:00 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: lsQdCFfJ23QOEf66QSqJS01_-LE Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: "C. P. Ghost" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Only display ACPI bootmenu key if ACPI is present X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:45:03 -0000 On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 2:58 PM, C. P. Ghost wrote: > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:14 PM, John Baldwin wrote: >> This patch changes the Forth code for the Beastie menu to only display t= he >> menu option to enable or disable ACPI if the loader detects ACPI. =A0Thi= s avoids >> displaying a menu item prompting to enable ACPI if the BIOS doesn't actu= ally >> 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)"? Yeah... seems like it would be; besides, I'm kind of used to pressing numbers 4 and 6 when I have a boot menu :). Thanks! -Garrett