Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751610AbWHaMQI (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:16:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751616AbWHaMQI (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:16:08 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:42385 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751610AbWHaMQF (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:16:05 -0400 Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:15:54 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Andrew Morton , kernel list Cc: len.brown@intel.com Subject: ibm-acpi documentation: delete irrelevant "how to compile external module" Message-ID: <20060831121554.GV3923@elf.ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2019 Lines: 61 ibm-acpi documentation contains parts that are no longer relevant because ibm-acpi was merged. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek diff --git a/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt b/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt index 8b3fd82..8d57efa 100644 --- a/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/ibm-acpi.txt @@ -52,40 +52,7 @@ Installation If you are compiling this driver as included in the Linux kernel sources, simply enable the CONFIG_ACPI_IBM option (Power Management / -ACPI / IBM ThinkPad Laptop Extras). The rest of this section describes -how to install this driver when downloaded from the web site. - -First, you need to get a kernel with ACPI support up and running. -Please refer to http://acpi.sourceforge.net/ for help with this -step. How successful you will be depends a lot on you ThinkPad model, -the kernel you are using and any additional patches applied. The -kernel provided with your distribution may not be good enough. I -needed to compile a 2.6.7 kernel with the 20040715 ACPI patch to get -ACPI working reliably on my ThinkPad X40. Old ThinkPad models may not -be supported at all. - -Assuming you have the basic ACPI support working (e.g. you can see the -/proc/acpi directory), follow the following steps to install this -driver: - - - unpack the archive: - - tar xzvf ibm-acpi-x.y.tar.gz; cd ibm-acpi-x.y - - - compile the driver: - - make - - - install the module in your kernel modules directory: - - make install - - - load the module: - - modprobe ibm_acpi - -After loading the module, check the "dmesg" output for any error messages. - +ACPI / IBM ThinkPad Laptop Extras). Features -------- -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/