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Date:      Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:57:35 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r247086 - head/sys/x86/isa
Message-ID:  <F8CFC94A-0078-40E1-8590-F8B2CEC9FC3E@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130221064912.GA20360@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201302210638.r1L6cOVx006678@svn.freebsd.org> <20130221064912.GA20360@FreeBSD.org>

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On Feb 20, 2013, at 11:49 PM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 06:38:24AM +0000, Warner Losh wrote:
>> New Revision: 247086
>> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/247086
>>=20
>> Log:
>>  Correct comment about use of pmtimer, and the real reason it isn't
>>  used or desirable for amd64.
>=20
> Thanks!
>=20
>> + * pmtimer is used only with the old APM power management, and not =
with
>> + * acpi, which is required for amd64, so skip it in that case.
>=20
> Does it also mean it should be removed from ACPI-driven i386 machines =
kernel
> configs?

Likely, but let me confirm with one of the laptops that I have that I =
know is affected and supports acpi.

Warner





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