Hello,

* Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com> [2007-03-02 00:23]:
>  > Add hint that acpi=off doesn't work on IA64.
> 
> Would it make sense to add code to detect this and print a kernel
> message like
> 
>     warning: ACPI is always enabled on IA64; ignoring "acpi=off"
> 
> No one reads documentation :)

The idea is not bad, but it should not make sense to have it only for
ACPI and not for other arch-specific options ...


Regards
Bernhard