Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 15:45:32 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT USERS Message-ID: <200109030645.PAA28756@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:58:59 MST." <200108300258.f7U2wxq06147@mass.dis.org> References: <200108300258.f7U2wxq06147@mass.dis.org>
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>The loader now detects ACPI in your system, and loads the ACPI >module if it is present. This has major ramifications for the >device probe and attach phases of system initialisation. > > - Root PCI bridges are detected using ACPI. > - PCI interrupt routing is now performed using ACPI. > - The PnP BIOS is disabled and onboard peripherals are detected > using ACPI, and attach to ACPI and not isa. > - System-owned resources are detected and reserved by ACPI. Then, shouldn't we remove the PnP BIOS driver (pnpbios) from the kernel and make it a module, so that the boot loader will load either the ACPI module or the PnP BIOS module? Kazu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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