[ltp] ibm_acpi driver reports 0.10 but the download says 0.11

M.Steinmetz linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:58:11 +0200


John Shane schrieb:

>On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:06:38 +0200
>John Shane <jslists@mtwafrica.org> wrote:
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>>I downloaded ibm-acpi-0.11.tar.gz but when I install it and run
>>cat /proc/acpi/ibm/driver it reports that the driver is 0.10.  Strange.
>>Is this a common issue that I've missed?  Is there a different tar ball I
>>should have downloaded?  John
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>Okay, sorry folks.  Just saw the same question and Leon's reply right
>after I posted my query.  John
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>-- Leon Brokken wrote:
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>After compiling the driver, instead of make install, just copy the
>driver to the modules. So,
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>make
>cp ibm_acpi.ko /lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.2/kernel/drivers/acpi/
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Thank you Leon,
now I have ibm-acpi vers. 0.11. :-D
But I didnn't activate the experimental function.
Best regards
M.Steinmetz