Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1162914AbWLBKae (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 05:30:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759435AbWLBKae (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 05:30:34 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:15273 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759434AbWLBKae (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 05:30:34 -0500 Subject: Re: [RFC] Include ACPI DSDT from INITRD patch into mainline From: Arjan van de Ven To: Ben Collins Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Eric Piel In-Reply-To: <1164998179.5257.953.camel@gullible> References: <1164998179.5257.953.camel@gullible> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Intel International BV Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 11:30:32 +0100 Message-Id: <1165055432.3233.151.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1.1 (2.8.1.1-3.fc6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 815 Lines: 21 On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 13:36 -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > I'd be willing to bet that most distros have this patch in their kernel. > One of those things we can't really live without. > > What I haven't understood is why it isn't included in the mainline > kernel yet. it's not that hard ;) replacing the DSDT code *while it's live* is just a bad idea. The kernel already has a facility to override the DSDT, but that one does it *from the start*. Sounds like that one should be used or maybe enhanced a little to make it more distro friendly if something is lacking. - 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/