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Re: [PATCH] hurd - ACPI tables netfs translator
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Samuel Thibault |
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Re: [PATCH] hurd - ACPI tables netfs translator |
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Mon, 12 Nov 2018 19:29:57 +0100 |
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NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) |
Almudena Garcia, le lun. 12 nov. 2018 19:12:16 +0100, a ecrit:
> I think if you need ACPI in gnumach to provide SMP support for the
> kernel, then ACPI tables reading functionality should be in gnumach then?
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> I agree. In this case, access to ACPI tables through a translator could
> produce
> a recursive dependency problem (Translator could need gnumach, and gnumach
> needs translator to enable the processors during the boot)
But we don't need all ACPI to get what SMP needs. ACPI is a nightmare,
if we can avoid most of it in the kernel, that's for all the best.
Samuel