Re: CVS commit: src

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 07:43:38AM -0800, Tom Spindler wrote:
> > Log Message:
> > Remove GENERIC_LAPTOP and INSTALL_LAPTOP. To compensate, switch
> > bootfloppy-big to actually use INSTALL_LARGE (with ACPI) and 5 floppies.
> 
> Historically (IIRC), one of the reasons that *_LAPTOP existed was because
> many less-capable machines needed all the extra options provided - i.e.
> PCIBIOS, PCIBIOS_INTR_GUESS, and PCI_*_FIXUP. For boot/install media, might
> it be wise to resurrect these (as GENERIC-.include'ed versions)? Or is
> it mostly unnecessary at this point?

Please see the discussion on port-i386 for the details. We still provide
GENERIC_NOACPI, which also includes those options.

Joerg