acpi as kernel module on i386

[John Baldwin]

On Tuesday 02 May 2006 14:18, Rong-En Fan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Recently commit to ppc code that also decouples the isa+acpi
> attachment into separate case, that makes my ppc and lpt disappear
> if acpi is loaded as a module. (see the thread "lpt0 disappear (ppc
> related) on -current) 
> 
> However, i386/conf/NOTES says that building acpi into module is
> deprecated. Just wondering why amd64 uses acpi in kernel conf
> (I'm not sure about other arch), and on i386 we said this is a
> deprecated usage?

ACPI is mandatory for amd64 and ia64, but it is optional on i386.
Because it is optional, it is a module so that the loader can only
load it on machines that support it.  I think the ppc module should
be changed to include the acpi attachment personally, assuming that
the ppc module already includes the ppc isa attachment.

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