From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 24 17:27:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C3D816A41F for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:27:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADCD743D45 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:27:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2OHRocf039336; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:27:50 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:27:06 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <20060324174601.0d299e2c.outi@bytephobia.de> In-Reply-To: <20060324174601.0d299e2c.outi@bytephobia.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200603241227.08159.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1355/Thu Mar 23 16:18:22 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: Patrick Hurrelmann Subject: Re: No acpi with 6.1-BETA4 floppies? 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: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:27:57 -0000 On Friday 24 March 2006 11:46, Patrick Hurrelmann wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I tried to do a remote install of a amd64-based server with some 6.1-BETA4 floppies. > > As it turns, 6.1-BETA4 floppies do NOT contain a acpi.ko and therefore the amd64 may refuse to boot (heard sth. about boot-problems of amd64 boxes without acpi). The install would be remote and I need to overwrite the existing linux. So i wanted at least to be sure it will boot amd64. > > I checked with 6.1-BETA4 floppy-images and indeed they do contain acpi.ko. > Will acpi.ko come back to the install floppies or has it been dropped intenionally? > > Thx, amd64 has ACPI compiled into the kernel by default rather than as a separate module as on i386 because all amd64 machines support ACPI, and it's pretty much mandatory. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org