From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pedro Venda Subject: Re: Re: Smart Battery System driver Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:34:31 +0000 Message-ID: <41F104E7.4030106@arrakis.dhis.org> References: <41E81C2C.8010809@bartol.udel.edu> <1105747983.7368.3.camel@tyrosine> <47e0449d05011419037877f931@mail.gmail.com> <41EA2C1D.3030909@bartol.udel.edu> <41EC7C7D.1070003@bartol.udel.edu> <41EC9316.80109@bartol.udel.edu> <41EDE2EA.7090404@bartol.udel.edu> <41F01923.1000503@bartol.udel.edu> <41F10180.60008@arrakis.dhis.org> <16881.652.864369.5956@phoenix.squirrel.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <16881.652.864369.5956-KjnUIgV0B0bak1Ioo/c9IoRWq/SkRNHw@public.gmane.org> 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: Johan Vromans Cc: Pedro Venda , acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Johan Vromans wrote: | [Quoting Pedro Venda, on January 21 2005, 13:20, in "Re: [ACPI] Re: Sma= rt"] | |>99.9% of the interested (me included) wouldn't be able to patch |>their DSDT and with generated ASL (is it ASL or AML or... ACPI |>language) code for their specific case. | | | I found it almost trivial to correct the DSDT and customize the kernel | to use it. No hard or mysterious tricks involved... ok, but it'd take a tree of hacked DSDT for all sorts of laptops to make = the patching automatic. I guess for me or you it'd be simple to patch, but ta= lk about a linux user that uses suse linux or mandrake to make it easier to use/administrate... not flaming distros here! I'm just saying those try to do things automati= cally on behalf of people (which is not bad in many cases) and it'd be hard to = do such automatic patching. regards, pedro venda. - -- Pedro Jo=E3o Lopes Venda email: pjvenda-pQd4kjVL+REh2FBCd0jGRA@public.gmane.org http://arrakis.dhis.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB8QTneRy7HWZxjWERArduAJ9qAaDlzbF2BD6gzjdpcbH4HSkdVACfdokt fACjOib484Y7LlqxKQ+PR0A=3D =3DKTsH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- 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