On 8/18/07, Andreas B. Mundt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > it has been pointed out on the list, that an implementation of ACPI for the > GA-M57SLI-S4 needs to be done in a "cleanroom" to avoid legal issues. > > Is it possible to move the ACPI functionality from the BIOS to the linux > kernel? By extracting the DSDT from the vendor BIOS and preparing a kernel > with: > > CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT=y > CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_FILE="/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.21/dsdt.hex" > > the user could run linuxbios but the vendor's DSDT as a workaround for the > time being. > > What modifications are necessary in linuxbios to allow for this? you may still need to update dsdt.dsl, because some io range is different....
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