Hello Thorsten, Andy, On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 19:19:21 +0100 Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Sonntag, den 20.11.2005, 17:28 +0000 schrieb Andy Green: > > wwp wrote: > > > > > do recent FC3 kernels allow using custom DSDT w/o recompiling the kernel > > > (injecting the custom compiled dsdt in initrd file for instance)? > > > > I don't believe so, and from a recent discussion on the -devel list, it > > is unlikely to happen > > Correct afaics > > > on grounds of causing support problems. > > Yes, but upstream (e.g. acpi-devel) also does not want it. See: > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=9175150 > > The only way to get this into the fedora-kernel afaics is to convince > the Kernel-ACPI-Maintainers to integrate such a patch into the standard > kernel. Then Fedora Core will pick it up and might even enable it. Thanks to all! That's the second reason for me to compile my own kernel (I also need to enable the #define ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI in the SATA driver to get DMA for my CD drive on a Dell D810), I was just hoping more convenience support from FC3 kernels.. Regards, -- wwp
