tron@zhadum.de (Matthias Scheler) writes:
> If the kernel uses ACPI it will deactivate several conflicting
> legacy technologies like APM or PNPBIOS.

Will the APM or PNPBIOS probes only be deactivated if the ACPI probes
succeed or is a compile time thing?

I'm in the position of having a handful of x86 machines of vastly
different vintages kicking around and anything that allows me to run
the same kernel on all of them vastly simplifies things.

-wolfgang
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