From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: acpi problem Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:29:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <20080529173315.GA7420@guevara.dmp> <200805292156.08963.rjw@sisk.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from vms173003pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.3]:37584 "EHLO vms173003pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752078AbYFJUaM (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:30:12 -0400 In-reply-to: <200805292156.08963.rjw@sisk.pl> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: De Martino Pasquale , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ACPI Devel Maling List > > with kernel 2.6.25 my acpi does not work whereas with version <= 2.6.24 all works fine. > > > > Full description: > > when i run acpi -a this is my output: > > No support for device type: battery > > No support for device type: ac_adapter what do CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY and CONFIG_ACPI_AC say in your 2.6.24 and 2.6.25 .config files? > > "lsmod | grep acpi" says that the acpi module is not loaded so i've tried > > "modprobe acpi" but the output is: there is no such thing as the "acpi module", so this is normal > > FATAL: Error inserting acpi_cpufreq > > (/lib/modules/2.6.25-2-amd64/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.ko): > > Device or resource busy that's normal, since you've got powernow_k8 loaded > > I've also tried to pass acpi=on option when kernel boots there is no such option as "acpi=on", so this is also normal. "dmesg -s64000 |grep -i acpi" will tell you more about what you just booted, but since you're running the fan and thermal modules, it is surely on already. -Len