Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1162958AbWLBL2G (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 06:28:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1162963AbWLBL2G (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 06:28:06 -0500 Received: from mailer-b2.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.29]:41119 "EHLO mailer-b2.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1162958AbWLBL2D (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 06:28:03 -0500 Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 12:11:14 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Arjan van de Ven cc: Ben Collins , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Eric Piel Subject: Re: [RFC] Include ACPI DSDT from INITRD patch into mainline In-Reply-To: <1165055432.3233.151.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Message-ID: References: <1164998179.5257.953.camel@gullible> <1165055432.3233.151.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 967 Lines: 26 >> 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. Speaking of that, would not it be "cleanest" to load the DSDT between grub/lilo and the kernel? GRUB can do fs harvesting (lookup) so you would not even need to recreate an initrd. -`J' -- - 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/