Re: lpt0 disappear (ppc related)

["Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor_(_at_)_gsoft_(_dot_)_com_(_dot_)_au>]

On Monday 01 May 2006 13:50, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > As for building acpi into kernel, i386/conf/NOTES says:
> >
> > # Note that building ACPI into the kernel is deprecated; the module is
> > # normally loaded automatically by the loader.
> >
> > I thought that was deprecated?
>
> No, it isn't really. The use of modules is not a requirement.

However you wouldn't expect that using it as a module would result in reduced 
functionality. (The same as how you wouldn't expect compiling something into 
your kernel would result in reduced functionality)

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