Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 15:45:00 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> To: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Only display ACPI bootmenu key if ACPI is present Message-ID: <AANLkTimbzsb-a4vNsqywN9LTWJoxFN2g%2B1f_gc52O6QF@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimDj3uA3fmTYgYfoL%2BU4%2Bu2XCcb86j%2BL7Tg_aV5@mail.gmail.com> References: <201011081714.53637.jhb@freebsd.org> <AANLkTimDj3uA3fmTYgYfoL%2BU4%2Bu2XCcb86j%2BL7Tg_aV5@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 2:58 PM, C. P. Ghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:14 PM, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> This patch changes the Forth code for the Beastie menu to only display t=
he
>> menu option to enable or disable ACPI if the loader detects ACPI. =A0Thi=
s avoids
>> displaying a menu item prompting to enable ACPI if the BIOS doesn't actu=
ally
>> include ACPI. =A0Any objections?
>
> Wouldn't that be a POLA violation? Some admins may be used to the
> current menu, and would be scratching head as what went wrong.
> Maybe it would be better to keep the menu option, but make it
> non-selectable and print next to it something like "(not available)"?
Yeah... seems like it would be; besides, I'm kind of used to
pressing numbers 4 and 6 when I have a boot menu :).
Thanks!
-Garrett
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