ACPI on Dell Latitude C840

Jean-Eric Cuendet jec at rptec.ch
Sun Apr 17 14:50:50 UTC 2005


> So actually I *do* need to recompile my kernel (given that I only use
> the stock kernels from Fedora Core and Fedora Core Updates Released) to
> use a custom DSDT? I'm not sure if I understood you correctly. You're
> saying that it is now possible to use a custom DSDT without compiling it
> into the kernel, but the stock FC kernels have not been compiled in such
> a way to take advantage of this. In which case, has anyone opened a bug
> report asking that they enable this option?

If someone explains me exactly what needs to be done (which option to 
enable in .config, where to get/put the firmware, what is DSDT), I could 
enable this option in the kernel-desktop I maintain:
   http://apt.bea.ki.se/kernel-desktop/

-jec




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