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>If you are using a 2.4.x series kernel, the kernel will need to be patched
before you can add ACPI support. Although ACPI is included in the 2.6.x
series kernels you should check to see if any patches have been released
to fix bugs. You can find this information on the ACPI4Linux site.</P
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