[ltp] Confused about IBM acpi and the MiniDock

Daniel Skorka linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:28:29 +0100


On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 01:31:18PM +0100, Stefan Schmidt wrote:
> UltraBase docks and "dumb" port replicators like the Mini Dock (the
> latter don't need any ACPI support, actually).
> --- snap ---
> 
> For me it works with the Thinkpad Dock II at work, but not with
> MiniDock at home.

The MiniDock doesn't need ACPI support. From this it follows that the
sentence "ACPI doesn't work with the MiniDock." is devoid of meaning :)

regards,
Daniel