The following reply was made to PR port-i386/37502; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill@invisible.ca>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: port-i386-maintainer@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
	netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org, zeurkous@nichten.info
Subject: Re: port-i386/37502
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:18:03 -0500 (EST)

 On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
 > >  The problem is, once again, ACPI. How about disabling it by default, or at
 > >  least providing a GENERIC.MPNOACPI kernel?
 >
 > disabling it by default is not an option. A lot of newer hardware won't run
 > with a non-ACPI kernel, and that's the reason it has been enabled by default.
 
 Completely in agreement with Manuel. Lets focus our efforts on tracking 
 down issues with NetBSD's ACPI implementation.
 
 Cheers,
 Jared