Bug#172800: ITP: kernel-patch-acpi -- Advanced ACPI support for the Linux kernel
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 02:20:52PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Francesco P. Lovergine <frankie@debian.org> [2002.12.13.1314 +0100]:
> > Mmmmm, cool: the official patch cannot be used on debian source.
> > You need to hack it. Please could you add also the local acpi table
> > patch?
>
> i'll hack it, but it will be a while. acpi is not even stable yet.
>
> where's the local table patch?
>
A lots of laptops has broken DSDTs. So many of us need to hack
the code to load a local table instead of the bios one.
Currently on my Compaq Presario current patch would be unuseful...
http://www.dcc.ufmg.br/~ghuiban/compaq_presario_2805/linux.html
Maybe you need some deep hack in acpi code to apply.
The best thing to do is a config option to enable/disable a local table
during make *config.
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
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