Re: [Solved] Re: power-off (Acer TM632)

["Keld Jørn Simonsen" <keld-6PR53cSIHaE@public.gmane.org>]

On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 02:56:10AM +0200, Arch. Giovanni Andrea Lucaferri wrote:
> mhh, no there isn't, but it's a good idea!
> 
> 
> Keld Jørn Simonsen ha scritto:
> >On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 10:45:14PM +0200, Arch. Giovanni Andrea Lucaferri 
> >wrote:
> >
> >>Hi Emma, mizu, hgfelger,
> >>it works! I've isolated the problem.
> >>I only had CONFIG_RTC=Y in my kernel and that was the only problem.
> >>I've set
> >># CONFIG_RTC is not set
> >>and everything works now.
> >
> >
> >Is there a place where you can configure parameters for your machine
> >model? Eg my laptop will need noapic to function. I can of cause set
> >that parameter, but novices would not know this, and it would be better
> >if the make and model be detected and the parameter always set.
> >This is, I wonder if there is a repository for the make and models in
> >the kernel.

Where are the specific files for the DSDT tables? Are they taken from
the BIOS? Or is there a repository in the Linux kernel?

I understand that there are a number of fixes to buggy DSDT tables.
Why not include the fixes for all the makes and models
in the kernel, and then have it loaded at boot time? 

Best regards
Keld


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