In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jeff Epler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>We disable all ACPI-related items in the kernel configuration; this does
I'm wondering if the absence of acpi support will be increasingly
problematic with new motherboards.
It might be possible to offer this functionality for experimentation:
1) include acpi support in the kernel
2) make the _primary_ emc grub option disable all acpi functionality by
specifying acpi=off (I think this is identical to current behavior
for a kernel built without acpi)
3) provide a secondary grub option for curious users that enables acpi
4) with acpi enabled in the kernel, an adventurous user could make grub lines
that specify a particular acpi=option
(from:/usr/share/doc/linux-doc-2.6.24/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.gz)
Format: { force | off | ht | strict | noirq }
force -- enable ACPI if default was off
off -- disable ACPI if default was on
noirq -- do not use ACPI for IRQ routing
ht -- run only enough ACPI to enable Hyper Threading
strict -- Be less tolerant of platforms that are not
strictly ACPI specification compliant.
The availability of the acpi functionality could be helpful in
testing some hardware and specifying options with grub items
is much simpler than building a custom kernel.
Maybe there are problems with this that I'm not aware of(?)
>(the other reason "some ACPI" would be nice to have is for power off
>when shutting down linux)
yes -- i miss that capability
dewey
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Dewey Garrett
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