>From: Fabian Fagerholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Problem with ACPI is that there doesn't seem to be very good support for >it in Linux. I wouldn't know - ever since I read a posting by Alan Cox >saying that ACPI is fundementally sick, I've just steered clear of it. >Lately, though, I've read other postings saying ACPI is one of the areas >where Linux is improving.
I'd call it "fundamentally still in development". I've been playing with it for a month and it's come a long way in just that time. It could actually be quite useful if Dell provided a functional ACPI bios. Apparently Microsoft overrides it, so it works in Windows, but the tools for doing that in Linux aren't ready for prime time, yet. >Funny, whenever something doesn't work in Linux, it's declared >fundamentally sick - and some time later no one seems to notice, but the >feature just creeps in there after all... LOL. You're right on the money. -- derek _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
