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

[John Shane]

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:06:38 +0200
John Shane <jslists@mtwafrica.org> wrote:

> 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

-- Leon Brokken wrote:

After compiling the driver, instead of make install, just copy the
driver to the modules. So,

make
cp ibm_acpi.ko /lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.2/kernel/drivers/acpi/