2.6.0-test2-bk1 available, and ACPI config menu

[Michael K. Johnson]

On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 05:50:04PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Michael K. Johnson wrote:
> > FWIW, ACPI is far more than power management.  In fact, we are
> > including it in Severn not because of any power management
> > capabilities but purely for hardware enumeration.
> 
> i never said it wasn't.  i was simply pointing out that both
> the help screen and ACPI's visually subordinate menu position
> might lead folks to think otherwise.

I understand -- it's just not obvious to me that everyone here
knows that, so I was taking another opportunity to explain the
limitations of ACPI in Severn...

michaelkjohnson

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