[ros-dev] Re: [ros-svn] [ion] 13305: Dynamic 3GB support, part 1. Only multiboot.S remains to be changed, all other parts of the Kernel now used KERNEL_BASE based onthe command-line (Please don't use /3gb if you don't compile 3GB)

[Casper Hornstrup]

> Royce and I are currently working on making this fully 
> dynamic. We've got the plan set-up in our minds and it should 
> be committed in less then a week, unless unexpected things 
> happen. Speaking of which, is anyone against not making ACPI 
> a compile-time instruction? It just makes debugging harder, 
> one more thing to worry about, and I don't see the point 
> either...I think it makes much more sense to have some kind 
> of ACPISupported global variable that we either set at 
> boot-up with proper table queries, and/or that the user can 
> specify with an /ACPI command-line flag.
> 
> Best regards,
> Alex Ionescu

You can lookup the needed information in the registry. The
ACPI bus information is generated by freeloader.

Casper