ACPI: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

Emma Jane Hogbin

<emmajane@xtrinsic.com>

Erich Schubert - Author of the section on DSDT.

Revision History
Revision v1.2	2003-07-08
Added the abstract.
Revision v1.1	2003-07-03
Added updates for the 2.4.21 kernel, the latest stable kernel at the time.
Revision v1.0	2003-07-01
Initial release, reviewed by LDP
Revision v0.2	2003-06-12

Outlines how to patch a kernel for ACPI support.

Table of Contents

1. About this document

2. Copyright and License

3. About ACPI

4. Why switch?

5. DSDT: Differentiated System Description Table

6. Installing from scratch

6.1. Choosing a kernel

8. Required packages

9. Download and patch

9.1. Unpack
9.2. Patch

10. Configure the new kernel

11. Compile the new kernel

12. Install the new kernel

13. Reboot and test

14. Load related modules

15. Switching from APM to ACPI

16. Using ACPI

17. References and Resources

A. ACPI the Non-Debian Way

A.1. Compile the kernel
A.2. Install the new kernel
A.3. Software packages

B. GNU Free Documentation License

B.1. PREAMBLE
B.2. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
B.3. VERBATIM COPYING
B.4. COPYING IN QUANTITY
B.5. MODIFICATIONS
B.6. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
B.7. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
B.8. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
B.9. TRANSLATION
B.10. TERMINATION
B.11. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
B.12. How to use this License for your documents

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