Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Apr 2004 08:23:35 +0200 | From | Charles Bueche <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.5, ACPI, suspend and ThinkPad R40 |
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On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:16:02 -0400 (EDT) vcjones@NetworkingUnlimited.com (Vincent C Jones) wrote: > Is it my imagination or is there an acute lack of interest in > supporting notebook features in 2.6.X? Since the early days of 2.5.X, > there have been questions raised regarding suspend/resume and related > questions of critical importance to mobile users. All (at least those > associated with IBM ThinkPads) have been ignored by developers, with > the only responses coming from other notebook users expressing similar > concerns.
I can add my "me-too" here. I own a Dell I8600 which perform excellently in gentoo with 2.6.x, with the only remaining issue being suspend+resume.
I have tried several times to understand this ACPI thing, only to find that the KISS principle has been forgotten when it has been designed. Maybe it's simply not possible to design something"acceptably simple" in this business, but the fact that Alan Cox has called it "terminally broken" tend to support my point of view.
My intend is not to start a flamewar here, but with laptop HW coming down in price, we have to provide a better support for casual users.
I can't contribute code here, but I can test things you throw at me for Dell I8600, so feel free.
Charles
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