From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Goodenough Subject: Re: Re: New SmartBattery DSDT-based controller Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:02:35 +0000 Message-ID: <200501311002.36671.david.goodenough@btconnect.com> References: <41FBDDE2.1050403@bartol.udel.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Monday 31 January 2005 09:50, Johan Vromans wrote: > Rich Townsend writes: > > 5) Download the modified DSDT, and install it following the > > instructions at http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=122145 (see > > section 9; although in Gentoo forums, these instructions should work > > on most systems). > > Although appending the DSDT to the initrd is a neat trick, wouldn't it > be better to have a kernel boot parameter, e.g. "dsdt_override=myDSDT.aml"? This would be wonderful. Do you know of a patch that implements this? David > > -- Johan ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl