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SubjectRe: [2.6 patch] IA64_GENERIC shouldn't select other stuff
On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 09:37:11AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
> A generic IA64 kernel requires (at least) the ACPI and NUMA options in
> order to run on all the IA64 platforms out there. Omitting those
> options and relying on the user to set them by hand is going to cause
> more problems.

I'm not sure about that. If the user selects a specific type of machine,
ACPI doesn't get selected for them -- even when it's needed to boot.
It's certainly inconsistent and should be fixed one way or the other.
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