On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 07:27:31PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> Hi,
> we're starting to see systems where the legacy BIOS is broken (regarding
> interrupts in my case), and we have to use a ioapic+ACPI kernel to get
> devices working properly (in my specific case: on the newest supermicro
> mainboards, the legacy interrupts for wm0 and wm1 are swapped; because of
> this the kernel enters an interrupt a soon as one of the interface is
> configured).
> 
> Shall we provide a INSTALL.ACPI kernel ? Of couse this also mean we have to
> be able to boot it. In my case I use PXE so it's not an issue; I don't
> know if the boot loader can now select different kernels from a cdrom boot.

What happens when acpi is enabled in the kernel, but not present on the
computer? Would it be safe to simply switch on acpi in INSTALL?

Cheers,

Patrick