Laurent Canet <lc@tekila.org> writes:
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:06:20 +0200
> Xavier Maillard <zedek@gnu-rox.org> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Did anybody try to compile such a kernel for this laptop model ?
> >
> > I am going nuts trying to find out what option to activate, what
> > not etc...
> >
> > I would be interested in having a .config for my model, anybody ?
> >
> > Another question; is ACPI support in this kernel enough to use it
> > in place of the APM ?
> >
>
> Which inspiron model ? there are plenty of different laptop called
> like these.
Yep my bad, it is a Inspiron 4100 model.
> There is a "Dell Laptop Support" (CONFIG_I8K) option that enables
> some dell-specific managment options (such as fan speed, temp, bios
> version and battery status). It is intended for inspiron 8XXX, but
> could work on some other models. Userland access tools are
> debian-packaged (i8kutils)
I know that ;)
> Some of this features are redundant with ACPI. ACPI should work
> properly on recent inspiron models although some of these would need
> a DSDT table modification (see
> http://www.cpqlinux.com/acpi-howto.html). on newer systems, some
> features are only available with ACPI, since APM is now considered
> obsolete
APM, obsolete ? It is far from being obsolete here :) I mean ACPI is so
bad supported for my model, I can't imagine letting it down. If I had
time, I would have made my own DDST table but it is painfull :)
> For other hardware (ethernet, wifi, video, modem, etc) it's quite
> different between inspiron models.
Indeed.
zeDek
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