Am 10.12.2017 um 19:38 schrieb David Quintana (gigaherz):
Colin: Are we talking merge and decide which method to
use at runtime
Exactly! We don't even need boot flags: Just like the setup currently
detects an ACPI-compliant computer, the HAL could do this at boot-up.
It's also not too hard to detect the presence of an APIC.
I think a universal HAL for every x86 machine wouldn't be noticeably
larger than an ACPI+SMP HAL.
- Colin