From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 10 21:30:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DDEA1065670 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:30:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 117F48FC18 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:30:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBALU7A3063701 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:30:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nBALU7jj063700; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:30:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:30:07 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200912102130.nBALU7jj063700@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Bruce Cran Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70A481065672 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:22:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F9FE8FC36 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:22:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBALMAY6096272 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:22:10 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nBALMA9b096271; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:22:10 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200912102122.nBALMA9b096271@www.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:22:10 GMT From: Bruce Cran To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: docs/141353: [NOTES] [patch] i386 NOTES says building acpi into kernel is deprecated X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:30:08 -0000 >Number: 141353 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [NOTES] [patch] i386 NOTES says building acpi into kernel is deprecated >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Dec 10 21:30:07 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Bruce Cran >Release: 8.0 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD router.draftnet 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #1: Thu Dec 10 14:21:42 GMT 2009 brucec@router.draftnet:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ROUTER i386 >Description: /sys/i386/conf/NOTES says that building acpi into the kernel is deprecated, and should be loaded as a module. However, acpi is built into GENERIC. >How-To-Repeat: Read /sys/i386/conf/NOTES >Fix: Patch attached with submission follows: --- NOTES.orig 2009-12-10 21:13:37.000000000 +0000 +++ NOTES 2009-12-10 21:13:05.000000000 +0000 @@ -463,9 +463,6 @@ # kernel environment variables to select initial debugging levels for the # Intel ACPICA code. (Note that the Intel code must also have USE_DEBUGGER # defined when it is built). -# -# Note that building ACPI into the kernel is deprecated; the module is -# normally loaded automatically by the loader. device acpi options ACPI_DEBUG >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: