Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 May 2006 23:47:23 +0000 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: acpi4asus |
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Hi!
> >I am far from qualified to comment on this, but from a > >users point of view, is it possible to not have laptop > >specific code in the kernel? > >I have had two Linux laptops and with both I had ACPI > >issues. > >The vendors of both laptops (Toshiba Tecra S1 and now > >an Asus W3V) don't seem to be following standards. With > >both I seem to need to patch ACPI to get various > >functions of the laptop to work. > >I would love to see laptop specific functionality > >definitions exist outside the kernel. > > > I don't think that forcing laptop users to have their > own code outside the kernel is really the best approach > for either the developers or the users. Most users will
No, we don't want that. But we do not want ibm-acpi, toshiba-acpi, asus-acpi, etc, when they really only differ in string constants used.
We want userland to tell kernel 'mail led is controlled by AML routine foo', instead of having gazillion *-acpi modules.
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