[ltp] Re: Thinkpad module in 2.6.15?

Vaclav Stepan linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:19:00 +0100


On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 11:14:45AM +0000, Aveek Bhattacharya wrote:
> You mean the module ibm-acpi? It's part of the regular
> 2.6.15 kernel. Perhaps the module is not compiled in
> the distribution kernel. Recompiling the kernel should
> solve the problem.

There are two modules - one called thinkpad which interacts
which interacts with SMAPI and lets you configure things
in the way the DOS ps2.exe does/did and a second one,
ibm-acpi, which provides ACPI interface to various parts
of the harware.

Vaclav Stepan