HEADSUP: apm(4) driver synced with current

[John Baldwin]

On 18-Aug-2003 John Baldwin wrote:
> In order to support the eventual MFC of a limited and experimental acpi(4)
> driver from -CURRENT, I have merged a few changes from -CURRENT to -STABLE
> including:
> 
> - Power management interface (subr_power.c)
> - pmtimer(4) driver.  Unlike -CURRENT this driver does not require
>   'device pmtimer' in the kernel config so that existing kernel configs
>   do not have to be changed.
> - Updated suspend/resume code in the i386 interrupt and clock code.
> - APM driver updated for the above changes (includes syncing with
>   -CURRENT)
> 
> There should be no regression in APM functionality.  If there is, please
> let myself and re@ know.  Working APM in 4.9-RELEASE is more important
> than experimental ACPI support.
> 
> Thanks.

Just to clarify: the incoming ACPI support will be experimental and
therefore _optional_.  It will only be in a 4.x kernel if you explicitly
build custom kernel with 'device acpica' in it.

-- 

John Baldwin <john at baldwin.cx>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
"Power Users Use the Power to Serve!"  -  http://www.FreeBSD.org/