2.6.0-test2-bk1 available, and ACPI config menu

[Robert P. J. Day]

  the first BK patch (bk1) is out for 2.6.0-test2 and seems
to work just fine.  i wouldn't have expected something like
the first patch to suddenly break things, but i've been
wrong before.

  also, in the long and hallowed tradition of brain-damaged,
ambiguous and just plain confusing menu configuration, anyone
who wants to play with ACPI should be aware that the Power
Management menu is, well, wrong.  or at least hideously 
misleading.

  despite what the help screen states (and what any normal
human being would assume), you don't need to select "Power
Management support" to configure ACPI, despite its aesthetic
appearance as a dependent sub-menu.  go figure.

  however, if you *do* select Power Management support,
and further select "Software Suspend", this does offer
an additional option under ACPI -- "Sleep States".

  again, go figure.

rday

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Michael K. Johnson wrote:

>  On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 09:33:04AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>  >   despite what the help screen states (and what any normal
>  > human being would assume), you don't need to select "Power
>  > Management support" to configure ACPI, despite its aesthetic
>  
>  FWIW, ACPI is far more than power management.  In fact, we are
>  including it in Severn not because of any power management
>  capabilities but purely for hardware enumeration. 
i never said it wasn't.  i was simply pointing out that both
the help screen and ACPI's visually subordinate menu position
might lead folks to think otherwise.

rday

[Michael K. Johnson]

On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 05:50:04PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>  On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Michael K. Johnson wrote:
>  > FWIW, ACPI is far more than power management.  In fact, we are
>  > including it in Severn not because of any power management
>  > capabilities but purely for hardware enumeration.
>  
>  i never said it wasn't.  i was simply pointing out that both
>  the help screen and ACPI's visually subordinate menu position
>  might lead folks to think otherwise. 
I understand -- it's just not obvious to me that everyone here
knows that, so I was taking another opportunity to explain the
limitations of ACPI in Severn...

michaelkjohnson

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[Robert L Cochran]

Robert -- I've been trying to get a 2.6.0-test2 kernel running under
Severn also. I've read all your postings on this glorious issue, and
don't see a response to the suggestion that you diff your homemade
config files with Arjan's config. Did you do that? 

Bob Cochran



On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 17:50, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>  On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Michael K. Johnson wrote:
>  
>  > On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 09:33:04AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>  > >   despite what the help screen states (and what any normal
>  > > human being would assume), you don't need to select "Power
>  > > Management support" to configure ACPI, despite its aesthetic
>  > 
>  > FWIW, ACPI is far more than power management.  In fact, we are
>  > including it in Severn not because of any power management
>  > capabilities but purely for hardware enumeration.
>  
>  i never said it wasn't.  i was simply pointing out that both
>  the help screen and ACPI's visually subordinate menu position
>  might lead folks to think otherwise.
>  
>  rday
>  
>  
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[Michael K. Johnson]

On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 09:33:04AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>    despite what the help screen states (and what any normal
>  human being would assume), you don't need to select "Power
>  Management support" to configure ACPI, despite its aesthetic 
FWIW, ACPI is far more than power management.  In fact, we are
including it in Severn not because of any power management
capabilities but purely for hardware enumeration.

michaelkjohnson

 "He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book."
 Linux Application Development                     -- Ben Franklin
 http://people.redhat.com/johnsonm/lad/