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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:33:06 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] plan9 won't install on my system
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> If somebody wants a project ACPI is out there waiting. Warning: ACPI
> will make your eyes bleed; it's that bad unless you think FOUR CHAR
> NAME _ARE GOOD _FOR ALL_ USES (well that's the least worst part of
> it).

oh, you don't give them enough credit.
those are 32-bit integers whose bytes are
constrainted to have values from 0x41 to
0x5a.

☺

- erik