Only display ACPI bootmenu key if ACPI is present

Scott Long scottl at samsco.org
Wed Nov 10 16:31:20 UTC 2010


If the loader can't detect acpi, the kernel can't either.

Scott

On Nov 10, 2010, at 9:01 AM, David Rhodus wrote:

> What are the chances the detection fails and one still needs to disable ACPI and can't because it's not showing as a option ?
> 
> Thanks,
> David Rhodus
> 
> On Nov 8, 2010, at 5:14 PM, John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
>> This patch changes the Forth code for the Beastie menu to only display the
>> menu option to enable or disable ACPI if the loader detects ACPI.  This avoids
>> displaying a menu item prompting to enable ACPI if the BIOS doesn't actually
>> include ACPI.  Any objections?
>> 
>> --- //depot/projects/smpng/sys/boot/forth/beastie.4th    2010-11-08 21:53:18.000000000 0000
>> +++ //depot/user/jhb/ktrace/boot/forth/beastie.4th    2010-11-08 22:14:04.000000000 0000
>> @@ -140,12 +140,16 @@
>>   fbsdbw-logo
>> ;
>> 
>> -: acpienabled? ( -- flag )
>> +: acpipresent? ( -- flag )
>>   s" hint.acpi.0.rsdp" getenv
>>   dup -1 = if
>>       drop false exit
>>   then
>>   2drop
>> +    true
>> +;
>> +
>> +: acpienabled? ( -- flag )
>>   s" hint.acpi.0.disabled" getenv
>>   dup -1 <> if
>>       s" 0" compare 0<> if
>> @@ -178,8 +182,7 @@
>>   42 20 2 2 box
>>   13 6 at-xy ." Welcome to FreeBSD!"
>>   printmenuitem ."  Boot FreeBSD [default]" bootkey !
>> -    s" arch-i386" environment? if
>> -        drop
>> +    acpipresent? if
>>       printmenuitem ."  Boot FreeBSD with ACPI " bootacpikey !
>>       acpienabled? if
>>           ." disabled"
>> 
>> -- 
>> John Baldwin
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