Bug 140215 - RFE: Add the initrd DSDT patch to the official kernel image
Summary: RFE: Add the initrd DSDT patch to the official kernel image
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 110511
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 3
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Dave Jones
QA Contact: Brian Brock
URL: http://gaugusch.at/kernel.shtml
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-11-21 05:54 UTC by Justin Georgeson
Modified: 2015-01-04 22:12 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Enhancement
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Last Closed: 2004-11-21 07:43:58 UTC
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Description Justin Georgeson 2004-11-21 05:54:35 UTC
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Description of problem:
Many laptops ship with nonstandard DSDTs for ACPI. Looking at
http://gaugusch.at/kernel.shtml one can patch the kernel to include a
custom dsdt in an initrd image. Why not include this kernel patch into
the Fedora kernel image? That way users who patch their DSDT can just
dump it into their existing initrd image and not mess with all the
extra steps one now has to take to build a custom version of the
Fedora patched kernel. You could even add a system-config-dsdt[-tui]
app to add/update the DSDT in the initrd image. It'd be a great step
in enhancing the out-of-the-box ACPI functionality.

Comment 1 Dave Jones 2004-11-21 07:43:58 UTC
the acpi code is complex enough that I'd prefer not to deviate away from
mainline at all. Convince the upstream acpi folks to get it into Linus' kernel,
and it'll end up in Fedora next time we rebase.


Comment 2 Charles R. Anderson 2008-06-24 17:43:00 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 110511 ***


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