Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:41:45 -0700 From: "Peter Wemm" <peter@wemm.org> To: "John Baldwin" <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC Message-ID: <e7db6d980809211541l61f56835wb403c86fd16e8789@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200809161649.46724.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <200809162027.m8GKRxMl083609@repoman.freebsd.org> <200809161649.46724.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 1:49 PM, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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). IMHO, leave the loader autoload glue for acpi.ko in for the life of 8.x - If one uses an 8.x loader with a 7.x kernel, POLA would have it autoload the acpi.ko if needed. Still.. if somebody manually loads a 7.x kernel on an 8.x host, it isn't a major imposition to have them type 'load acpi' before the 'boot'. Anyway, thanks for this! -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; KI6FJV "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 "If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution." -- Robert Sewell
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