On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:31:49 -0400 Len Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 10 August 2006 15:36, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > > PIC mode is an outdated way to drive the APICs that was used on > > some early MP boards. It is not supported in the ACPI model. > > > > It is unlikely to be ever configured by any x86-64 system > > > > Remove it thus. > > Is there any reason we can't entirely remove MPS from x86_64? > (asside from the routines that ACPI uses) There are still people who like to compile with CONFIG_ACPI=n or use acpi=off I wouldn't have a problem with disallowing CONFIG_ACPI=n, but acpi=off still needs to work. A lot of the newer systems don't have mptables anymore, but there are still a lot around who do. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
