Hi!

> Are there some potentially serious problems that I should be aware of
> if I totally disable the CONFIG_ACPI option on the X86_64 platform?
> 
> Would it do harm to the hardware?
> 
> Thank you for your attention to this matter.

These machines are still mostly IBM-PC compatible, so it is likely to
somehow work. You'll likely get worse power and thermal
management. Try it.

									Pavel

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