cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC

[Peter Wemm]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 1:49 PM, John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 September 2008 04:22:22 pm John Baldwin wrote:
>> jhb         2008-09-16 20:22:22 UTC
>>
>>   FreeBSD src repository
>>
>>   Modified files:
>>     sys/i386/conf        GENERIC
>>   Log:
>>   SVN rev 183101 on 2008-09-16 20:22:22Z by jhb
>>
>>   Add 'device acpi' to GENERIC on i386.  Most newer i386 machines require
> it,
>>   so the benefit of having acpi.ko as a standalone module is outweighed by
>>   the complications of drivers compiled into the kernel not including ACPI
>>   attachments by default.
>>
>>   Discussed on:   current
>
> I have not disabled the build of the acpi.ko kernel module for now or changed
> any of the other infrastructure.  The bits in the loader to auto-load the
> acpi.ko module are smart enough to not load it if it is already compiled into
> the kernel (or at least I haven't had any problems over the last N years I
> have had 'device acpi' in my i386 kernels).

IMHO, leave the loader autoload glue for acpi.ko in for the life of
8.x - If one uses an 8.x loader with a 7.x kernel, POLA would have it
autoload the acpi.ko if needed.  Still..  if somebody manually loads a
7.x kernel on an 8.x host, it isn't a major imposition to have them
type 'load acpi' before the 'boot'.

Anyway, thanks for this!

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