[ltp] Re: [gmane.linux.hardware.thinkpad] Re: T60p officially supported with SuSE SLED 10 by Levono
David Abrahams
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:45:25 -0400
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Andrew Barr <andrew.james.barr@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 18:46 -0400, David Abrahams wrote:
>> I'm on a fresh install, so I'd be happy to install SLED just to find
>> out.
>
> That's probably the best next step. I was interested in the kernel
> module because that's probably where the most useful information is, but
> if hacky loading like that won't work then you'll just have to play by
> the rules and install the RPM on SLED.
The information is enclosed as a tarball. Note: I forgot to record
what was in /proc before this process, so proc.diff is actually the
reverse difference between the system with batinfo installed and
batinfo *deinstalled*.
I was really impressed with SLED until its package manager started
complaining about dependency resolution problems. :(
Not a good sign for a fresh install.
>> That's more like installing a new kernel module, innit? A kernel
>> patch requires recompilation, IIUC.
>
> Well, it's a moot point because I downloaded NHC and it doesn't appear
> to have any kernel-mode device drivers in it. So apparently Windows
> exposes the whole ACPI namespace to user-mode programs (you are
> administrator by default anyway, so so much for security issues...).
> Linux does this a bit too, under /sys/firmware/acpi, only the whole
> thing isn't there right now. This was planned some time ago:
>
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/238065
>
> but I don't know what's happened in the meantime.
What is that, a submitted patch that might not have been integrated
into the mainline kernel?
>> Except that I posted something much shorter about an hour before that
>> I never saw either.
>
> I have not been seeing my posts to the list, now that you mention it. I
> don't know if the list admin has changed a default or if it's on my end.
> I started using Gmail SMTP, so maybe that's it.
Looks like they showed up eventually.
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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com
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