Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 Dec 2006 12:11:14 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Include ACPI DSDT from INITRD patch into mainline |
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>> I'd be willing to bet that most distros have this patch in their kernel. >> One of those things we can't really live without. >> >> What I haven't understood is why it isn't included in the mainline >> kernel yet. > >it's not that hard ;) > >replacing the DSDT code *while it's live* is just a bad idea. The kernel >already has a facility to override the DSDT, but that one does it *from >the start*. Sounds like that one should be used or maybe enhanced a >little to make it more distro friendly if something is lacking.
Speaking of that, would not it be "cleanest" to load the DSDT between grub/lilo and the kernel? GRUB can do fs harvesting (lookup) so you would not even need to recreate an initrd.
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