From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 30 06:18:05 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC30516A4CF for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 06:18:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from cheyenne.wixb.com (cheyenne.wixb.com [65.43.82.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9837943D39 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 06:18:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jeff_bronson@wixb.com) Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.2.20031230081840.00ab3b08@localhost> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:19:29 -0600 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "J.D. Bronson" In-Reply-To: <20031230141011.GB40525@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <6.0.1.1.2.20031230080110.00aa3458@localhost> <20031230141011.GB40525@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: Re: 4.9 ACPI? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:18:05 -0000 At 08:10 AM 12/30/2003, Kris Kennaway wrote: >ACPI is not enabled by default on 4.x (and it is experimental code, >not suitable for general users). Generally you should leave ACPI >enabled on 5.x unless it causes problems, in which case you should >proceed with the usual bug reporting process (research existing >information about the problem, provide a full bug report, etc). What are the advantages of using ACPI? (when I ran solaris on my last x86 gear, I had to disable it as all it did was seem to cause problems!) -- J.D. Bronson - "LoneBandit" Aurora Health Care // Information Services // Milwaukee, WI USA Office: 414.978.8282 // Fax: 414.328.8282 // Pager: 414.314.8282