Re: is there a technical reason for apm or pnp to NOT be klds?

"M. Warner Losh" <[email protected]>
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            John Utz <[email protected]> writes:
: 7. discover that apm isnt a KLD either. :-(
: 
: 8. wonder why apm isnt a KLD...
: 
: 9. decide to ask list.

apm is hard to make a kld.  There's a number of things that we do
differently if apm is in the kernel, since apm is a known rogue when
it comes to timing things.  Since the clock attaches well before apm,
it is hard to go back and retro-fit things to behave properly.  With
enough work, you might be able to pull it off.

PNPBIOS I think is similar, but I don't know it well enough.

Warner

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