Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Jan 2002 17:29:07 -0700 | From | Ben Greear <> | Subject | Re: [patch] VAIO irq assignment fix |
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Dave Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 02:35:30PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > No. Could we please integrate this not with ACPI, but with the much more > > limited "arch/i386/kernel/acpitable.c", which does NOT imply full ACPI, > > only scanning the tables for information in static format (like the irq > > routing stuff). > > I was under the impression that the Intel ACPI folks had things in > mind for acpitable.c along the lines of 'rm', in favour of having > their new interpretor do a "Load, setup, get the hell out" approach > for those that didn't want it staying around. > > Either way, I agree improving our ACPI support is a better solution > in the long run.
No argument here, but I'd love to use my cardbus NICs in my VAIO one way or another in the next stable kernel!
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