Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 01:30:39 +0100 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Michael Smith <DrZiplok@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A word of support for Nate Lawson... Message-ID: <xzp4qwd8o5s.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <372147CC-2759-11D8-9E07-000393C72BD6@mac.com> (Michael Smith's message of "Fri, 5 Dec 2003 11:28:33 -0800") References: <1070640554.22666.14.camel@bigboot.humphrey.world> <20031205103549.Y27123@root.org> <372147CC-2759-11D8-9E07-000393C72BD6@mac.com>
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Michael Smith <DrZiplok@mac.com> writes: > However, it's on the where-does-this-affect-FreeBSD front that ACPI > is really significant. Without working ACPI support, FreeBSD will not > run properly on a wide range of modern hardware. I think this can bear stating even more bluntly: without working ACPI support, in two or three years you won't be able to walk into a store and buy hardware that FreeBSD will run on. In fact, I believe that's already the case for laptops. Thanks, Nate! DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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