On Sun, December 5, 2004 6:15 pm, Alistair said:
> Now, if I apply the patches to a Fedora kernel, they apply OK, the
> kernel compiles OK, and with the unchanged initrd, the kernel boots OK.
> However, as soon as I introduce the DSDT image into the initrd, the
> kernel seems to be unable to load it, so panics because it cannot load
> the module for the root fs. I have done this dozens of times before,
> but it is only fc3 that has failed me.
Hi Alistair,
You shouldn't need to apply any patches at all to use your custom DSDT.
The standard kernel provides a mechanism to compile a DSDT into the kernel
image. It would be nice if Fedora offered a way to load a DSDT without
recompiling the kernel, but as far as I know that hasn't been done yet.
Use "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig" to set the following options
as marked below:
Device Drivers -->
Generic Driver Options -->
[ ] Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware
[ ] Prevent firmware from being built
Power management options (ACPI, APM) --->
ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support --->
[*] Include Custom DSDT
(/path/to/your/DSDT) Custom DSDT Table file to include
Note that the Custom DSDT option only shows up if you deselect the Generic
Driver options shown.
Cheers,
Sean
