From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 1 16:22:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 487B116A4CE for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 16:22:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vhost109.his.com (vhost109.his.com [216.194.225.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0093E43D39 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 16:22:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brad@stop.mail-abuse.org) Received: from [10.0.1.3] (localhost.his.com [127.0.0.1]) by vhost109.his.com (8.12.11/8.12.3) with ESMTP id i91GMRZK045591; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 12:22:31 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from brad@stop.mail-abuse.org) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@127.0.0.1 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <61D1B42DE744CC8F770302FB@[192.168.1.16]> Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 18:08:21 +0200 To: "Jason C. Wells" From: Brad Knowles Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" cc: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ACPI Flakiness / Loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 16:22:35 -0000 At 7:11 AM -0700 2004-10-01, Jason C. Wells wrote: > Ah! I didn't realize that as many or more computers won't boot without > ACPI, as won't boot with ACPI. The docs read like ACPI is just not ready. As implemented by most vendors, it's not. But that didn't stop them from switching and making it mandatory anyway. ;-( -- Brad Knowles, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755 SAGE member since 1995. See for more info.