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Re: Reassigning Bug#271814: who has to load acpi modules?



Mattia Dongili <dongili@supereva.it> wrote:

> Discover or hotplug doesn't load ACPI modules and I'm trying to keep my
> /etc/modules minimal. Standard user would rather have ACPI modules
> loaded automagically. So who should load them then? I don't think it up
> to user, in that case, it would be huge usability regression.

It's not only nice, it's necessary. If an acpi-enabled kernel is used,
failing to load the thermal and fan modules may result in hardware
damage.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.debian.devel@srcf.ucam.org



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