From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Renninger Subject: Re: FAN Processor and Thermap Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:06:39 +0200 Message-ID: <200904161606.40096.trenn@suse.de> References: <335b7d740903190118r32d6f4d4ia9146bf2f0d9f6f@mail.gmail.com> <335b7d740904122031i2d1aa7d8s141e81baf2bfb087@mail.gmail.com> <51f3faa70904122256wadabe78m190970794b3b9815@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:44895 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752873AbZDPOGm (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:06:42 -0400 In-Reply-To: <51f3faa70904122256wadabe78m190970794b3b9815@mail.gmail.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Robert Hancock Cc: yakui_zhao , "linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org" On Monday 13 April 2009 07:56:46 Robert Hancock wrote: > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Ken Perl wrote: > > I have no idea if my board supports ACPI or not, what's the reason to > > try a older kernel? is it because older kernel supports older board? > > Possibly there's been some regression causing ACPI to not be detected > on that board. But the board is old enough, I think it's quite likely > it doesn't support ACPI at all. Yep, I expect acpi=off is the parameter your searching for. I wonder whether it could be set automatically, but above parameter is well known for old machines. Thomas