RE: acpi=force safe?

["Nick Bartos" <spam99-1EIjRwF9Gc5s5w19saIqfg@public.gmane.org>]

Am I to understand that the worse that could happen is that the acpi
features I compiled in (just standard and the button option) just wouldn't
work?  If that is the case then that would be fine.

Really I just don't want things like kernel screw ups (which I thought I
might have had once due to acpi, but I don't remember), or other things
that affect system stability.

If I can compile in these things and force acpi on and not be any worse
off stability wise than if I didn't force it, then that willl be fine for
me.



>> So if I have a /proc/acpi dir then it is safe?  What is the worst that
>> could happen if the acpi is broken in the board and I force it?  Just
>> courious, what if I forced it for a really old board that
>> didn't have acpi
>> at all and thus technically couldn't work anyway (I wouldn't
>> do that but I
>> do wonder)?  Would the acpi files in proc still exist or not?
>>
>
> It's not safe to determine that ACPI has fully enabled only through the
> existence of /proc/acpi.
>
> --Luming
>



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