From: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
borislav@users.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: ibm-acpi documentation: delete irrelevant "how to compile external module"
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:16:00 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200608311516.00435.len.brown@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060831121554.GV3923@elf.ucw.cz>
Applied.
thanks,
-Len
On Thursday 31 August 2006 08:15, Pavel Machek wrote:
>
> ibm-acpi documentation contains parts that are no longer relevant
> because ibm-acpi was merged.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt b/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt
> index 8b3fd82..8d57efa 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt
> @@ -52,40 +52,7 @@ Installation
>
> If you are compiling this driver as included in the Linux kernel
> sources, simply enable the CONFIG_ACPI_IBM option (Power Management /
> -ACPI / IBM ThinkPad Laptop Extras). The rest of this section describes
> -how to install this driver when downloaded from the web site.
> -
> -First, you need to get a kernel with ACPI support up and running.
> -Please refer to http://acpi.sourceforge.net/ for help with this
> -step. How successful you will be depends a lot on you ThinkPad model,
> -the kernel you are using and any additional patches applied. The
> -kernel provided with your distribution may not be good enough. I
> -needed to compile a 2.6.7 kernel with the 20040715 ACPI patch to get
> -ACPI working reliably on my ThinkPad X40. Old ThinkPad models may not
> -be supported at all.
> -
> -Assuming you have the basic ACPI support working (e.g. you can see the
> -/proc/acpi directory), follow the following steps to install this
> -driver:
> -
> - - unpack the archive:
> -
> - tar xzvf ibm-acpi-x.y.tar.gz; cd ibm-acpi-x.y
> -
> - - compile the driver:
> -
> - make
> -
> - - install the module in your kernel modules directory:
> -
> - make install
> -
> - - load the module:
> -
> - modprobe ibm_acpi
> -
> -After loading the module, check the "dmesg" output for any error messages.
> -
> +ACPI / IBM ThinkPad Laptop Extras).
>
> Features
> --------
>
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2006-08-31 12:15 ibm-acpi documentation: delete irrelevant "how to compile external module" Pavel Machek
2006-08-31 19:16 ` Len Brown [this message]
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