acpi as kernel module on i386

[JoaoBR]

On Tuesday 02 May 2006 19:51, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> On i386, it should be safe to compile the acpi(4) attachment when only
> device isa is configured into the kernel.

what do you mean by "only isa"?
when pci is compiled in you should not compile acpi into the kernel? 

I compile acpi into the i386 kernel since I remember and never had problems.

João



> It should not be done for all 
> platforms. While acpi(4) is mandatory on ia64, isa(4) isn't and it's
> my goal to get rid of isa(4) altogether on ia64.
>
> Alternatively, acpi(4) can be considered non-optional for current
> x86 hardware and having acpi(4) configured into the kernel is not
> such an odd thing to do for a modern x86 operating system.







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