Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:27:06 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Patrick Hurrelmann <outi@bytephobia.de> Subject: Re: No acpi with 6.1-BETA4 floppies? Message-ID: <200603241227.08159.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20060324174601.0d299e2c.outi@bytephobia.de> References: <20060324174601.0d299e2c.outi@bytephobia.de>
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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 <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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