Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932315AbWHaTO0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:14:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932150AbWHaTO0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:14:26 -0400 Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:35756 "EHLO hera.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932315AbWHaTOZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:14:25 -0400 From: Len Brown Reply-To: Len Brown Organization: Intel Open Source Technology Center To: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: ibm-acpi documentation: delete irrelevant "how to compile external module" Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:16:00 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 Cc: Andrew Morton , kernel list , borislav@users.sourceforge.net References: <20060831121554.GV3923@elf.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <20060831121554.GV3923@elf.ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200608311516.00435.len.brown@intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2465 Lines: 72 Applied. thanks, -Len On Thursday 31 August 2006 08:15, Pavel Machek wrote: > > 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/ > - 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/