Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:44:06 +0300 | From | Onur Kucuk <> | Subject | Re: Buggy DSDTs policy ? |
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Xavier Bestel wrote:
> Le ven 22/10/2004 à 17:19, Pekka Pietikainen a écrit : > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 04:55:35PM +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote: > > > > CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT is included in 2.6.9 > > > > > > But fixed DSDTs are a pain to find, and fixing a buggy DSDT is > > > impossible for a non-hacker. > > > > > http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/index.php has quite a few. > > .. which aren't all proper fixes (I tried the DSDT for Armada 1700, > it's a partial fix only).
This can be an issue to work on. I am sure acpi people won't reject proper fixes.
> > The problem is getting the fixed dsdt in use without recompiling > > your kernel, since quite a few people, especially non-technical > > ones, use vendor kernels. There's an approach that uses initrd, but > > this isn't merged yet. I'd say it should be, assuming no better > > solution can be found.
The initrd approach seems nicer and more customisable.
> Yes, sure. But real non-technical people won't replace their DSDT > either.
Real non-technical people follow their distros. They don't need to recompile a kernel of their own. It is a distro's job for them.
-- Onur Kucuk Knowledge speaks, <onur.--.-.delipenguen.net> but wisdom listens
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