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>ACPI: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface</TITLE
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>ACPI: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface</H1
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><A
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NAME="AEN5"
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>Emma Jane Hogbin</A
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> <A
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>xtrinsic</A
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>emmajane@xtrinsic.com</A
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>Erich Schubert - </B
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>Author of the section on DSDT.</SPAN
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>Revision History</B
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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>Revision v1.5.1</TD
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>2004-07-15</TD
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><TD
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>Revised by: ejh</TD
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>Link included to the French translation of this document.</TD
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>Revision v1.5</TD
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>2004-05-21</TD
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>Revised by: ejh</TD
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><TD
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>Minor updates for the 2.6.6 kernel and corrections regarding
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which kernels need patching.</TD
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>Revision v1.4</TD
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>2004-05-12</TD
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>Revised by: ejh</TD
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>Initial thoughts on the 2.6.5 kernel; includes information
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on battery monitoring applications causing touchpad lockup
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problems.</TD
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NAME="AEN19"
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><P
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>Outlines how to patch a kernel for ACPI support.</P
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>Table of Contents</B
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>1. <A
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HREF="about.html"
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>About this document</A
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>2. <A
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>Copyright and License</A
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>3. <A
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>Translations</A
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><DT
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>4. <A
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HREF="aboutacpi.html"
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>About ACPI</A
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><DT
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>5. <A
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HREF="apmtoacpi.html"
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>Why switch?</A
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><DT
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>6. <A
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>DSDT: Differentiated System Description Table</A
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><DT
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>Installing from scratch</A
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><DT
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>7.1. <A
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>Choosing a kernel</A
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><DT
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>8. <A
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>Backups</A
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><DT
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>9. <A
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HREF="kernelprep.html"
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>Download and Unpack the New Kernel</A
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>Required packages</A
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><DT
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>Unpack</A
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><DT
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>10. <A
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>Configure the new kernel</A
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><DT
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>Compile the new kernel</A
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><DT
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>Install the new kernel</A
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>Reboot and test</A
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>14. <A
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>Load related modules</A
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>15. <A
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>Switching from APM to ACPI</A
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>16. <A
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>Using ACPI</A
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>References and Resources</A
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>18. <A
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>Thanks</A
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>A. <A
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>Patching Old Kernels</A
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>Getting the Source Files</A
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>B. <A
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>ACPI the Non-Debian Way</A
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>Compile the kernel</A
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>Install the new kernel</A
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>C. <A
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>GNU Free Documentation License</A
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>APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS</A
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>COPYING IN QUANTITY</A
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>COMBINING DOCUMENTS</A
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>AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS</A
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>TERMINATION</A
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HREF="gfdl-10.html"
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>FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE</A
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HREF="gfdl-11.html"
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>How to use this License for your documents</A
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