[ltp] Re: IBM-ACPI

Borislav Deianov linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 5 Nov 2004 15:18:53 -0800


On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 14:40:06 +0000 (UTC) "Psychogios Dimitris, Qualco" <dpsychogios@qualco.gr> wrote:
> Hi, I just installed got a 2.6.10-rc1-mm kernel up and running and
> tried out the IBM-acpi driver (v0.7) (I have an R40 btw)...  The
> module fails to load complaining about missing the device.

What is the exact error message?

> however, DEVFS doesn't create any nodes... i tried ibm_acpi bothways
> (compiled in and module) with no luck, has anyone seen this before?
> Can anyone tell me how to create the devices manually?

The ibm-acpi driver doesn't use any device nodes under /dev so this
shouldn't matter.

Thanks,
Boris