Re: linux 2.5.16 and VIA Chipset

Anton Altaparmakov (aia21@cantab.net)
Sat, 18 May 2002 19:42:29 +0100

At 16:10 18/05/02, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>On Sat, 18 May 2002, Anton Altaparmakov wrote:
> > At 13:47 18/05/02, mikeH wrote:
> > >Apologies, on closer examination of the 2.4 and 2.5 dmesg, it hangs just
> > >before the
> > >ACPI is going to come up. However, there is no option for it in make
> > >menuconfig, and enabling it in .config breaks the compile.
> >
> > What do you mean there is no config option in menuconfig?!? I just checked
> > and there is "General options" ---> "ACPI Support" ---> "[ ] ACPI Support".
>
>There are two options that are required and it might be that one of them
>is missing:
>
>1. "Code maturity level options" -> "Prompt for development and/or
> incomplete code/drivers"

Not true in 2.5.x. ACPI is not dependent on config experimental. Just checked.

>2. "General setup" -> "Power Management support"

Not true in 2.5.x. Power management is not a prerequisite for ACPI in
2.5.x. You notice this already by the fact that ACPI is not under the power
management menu any more...

Anton

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