Re: Loading an ACPI DSDT from initrd

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On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 18:52 -0500, Sean wrote:
> 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
Sean

Thanks, that is working now.

Regards
Alistair


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