Re: Only display ACPI bootmenu key if ACPI is present

From: C. P. Ghost <cpghost_at_cordula.ws>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:58:13 +0100
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:14 PM, John Baldwin <jhb_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
> This patch changes the Forth code for the Beastie menu to only display the
> menu option to enable or disable ACPI if the loader detects ACPI.  This avoids
> displaying a menu item prompting to enable ACPI if the BIOS doesn't actually
> include ACPI.  Any objections?

Wouldn't that be a POLA violation? Some admins may be used to the
current menu, and would be scratching head as what went wrong.
Maybe it would be better to keep the menu option, but make it
non-selectable and print next to it something like "(not available)"?

-cpghost.

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