Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 18:08:21 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcw@highperformance.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ACPI Flakiness / Loader Message-ID: <p0600201bbd8331464d09@[10.0.1.3]> In-Reply-To: <D002C355E0F556C168B81909@[192.168.1.16]> References: <61D1B42DE744CC8F770302FB@[192.168.1.16]> <xzp4qle3npu.fsf@dwp.des.no> <D002C355E0F556C168B81909@[192.168.1.16]>
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At 7:11 AM -0700 2004-10-01, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> Ah! I didn't realize that as many or more computers won't boot without
> ACPI, as won't boot with ACPI. The docs read like ACPI is just not ready.
As implemented by most vendors, it's not. But that didn't stop
them from switching and making it mandatory anyway.
;-(
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