Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:24:38 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: lev@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/amd64 on machine without ACPI BIOS? Message-ID: <4EE51F96.30202@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <283532167.20111212011249@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <76373418.20111209141018@serebryakov.spb.ru> <1406787882.20111211132717@serebryakov.spb.ru> <4EE500A2.4050005@FreeBSD.org> <283532167.20111212011249@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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on 11/12/2011 23:12 Lev Serebryakov said the following: > Hello, Andriy. > You wrote 11 декабря 2011 г., 23:12:34: > >>>> Is it true? Is it possible to have FreeBSD/amd64 without ACPI? >>> It seems, that "device mptable" in kernel config helps. >>> Why is it not in GENERIC kernel? >> Just a guess, maybe because GENERIC kernel is for "generic" hardware. > Oh, yes, and "Tekram DC395U/UW/F DC315U adapters" or "EISA AHA1742 > family" is very generic in our days, and "NE[12]000, SMC Ultra, 3c503, > DS8390 cards" newtwork cards too, to name some random picks from > GENERIC. > > Generic hardware in our days are CPU, ACPI, APIC, keyboard/console, > AHCI, USB, HDA audio and Realtek 1G NIC. Period. Even Intel NICs > are not so generic (and even Intel itself solder Realtek on lot of their > motherboards). > > Servers? Ok, Marvell and Intel NICs + bunch (say, 3-4) SATA/SAS > controllers. Again, no all these wide-SCSI and 10Mbit NICs. > > Hey, we still have "cpu I486_CPU" in i386 config! How THIS could be > generic in 2012!? > Looks like my guess is wrong :) -- Andriy Gapon
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