> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mike Smith writes:
> : APM is only attached to the ISA bus for crufty reasons; I'm going to 
> 
> Actually, APM is attached to NEXUS.  Why pass it kernel environment
> variables when it will likely be modified to grok whatever config
> scheme comes from newbus?

Because it's not a device, or more specifically, if it should be 
attached to anything, it should be attached to a 'bios' bus.

The kernel environment is simply a convenient way to make it work right 
now, rather than waiting for the newbus parameter stuff to arrive 
(which will likely be carried in the environment anyway).

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