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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
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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