Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:18:05 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <john@baldwin.cx> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: re@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: HEADSUP: apm(4) driver synced with current Message-ID: <XFMail.20030819111805.john@baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20030818162253.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On 18-Aug-2003 John Baldwin wrote: > In order to support the eventual MFC of a limited and experimental acpi(4) > driver from -CURRENT, I have merged a few changes from -CURRENT to -STABLE > including: > > - Power management interface (subr_power.c) > - pmtimer(4) driver. Unlike -CURRENT this driver does not require > 'device pmtimer' in the kernel config so that existing kernel configs > do not have to be changed. > - Updated suspend/resume code in the i386 interrupt and clock code. > - APM driver updated for the above changes (includes syncing with > -CURRENT) > > There should be no regression in APM functionality. If there is, please > let myself and re@ know. Working APM in 4.9-RELEASE is more important > than experimental ACPI support. > > Thanks. Just to clarify: the incoming ACPI support will be experimental and therefore _optional_. It will only be in a 4.x kernel if you explicitly build custom kernel with 'device acpica' in it. -- John Baldwin <john@baldwin.cx> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/
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