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ACPI: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
| Revision History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revision v1.5.1 | 2004-07-15 | Revised by: ejh |
| Link included to the French translation of this document. | ||
| Revision v1.5 | 2004-05-21 | Revised by: ejh |
| Minor updates for the 2.6.6 kernel and corrections regarding which kernels need patching. | ||
| Revision v1.4 | 2004-05-12 | Revised by: ejh |
| Initial thoughts on the 2.6.5 kernel; includes information on battery monitoring applications causing touchpad lockup problems. | ||
- Table of Contents
- 1. About this document
- 2. Copyright and License
- 3. Translations
- 4. About ACPI
- 5. Why switch?
- 6. DSDT: Differentiated System Description Table
- 7. Installing from scratch
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- 7.1. Choosing a kernel
- 8. Backups
- 9. Download and Unpack the New Kernel
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- 9.1. Required packages
- 9.2. Unpack
- 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
- 18. Thanks
- A. Patching Old Kernels
- B. ACPI the Non-Debian Way
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- B.1. Compile the kernel
- B.2. Install the new kernel
- B.3. Software packages
- C. GNU Free Documentation License
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- C.1. PREAMBLE
- C.2. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
- C.3. VERBATIM COPYING
- C.4. COPYING IN QUANTITY
- C.5. MODIFICATIONS
- C.6. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
- C.7. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
- C.8. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
- C.9. TRANSLATION
- C.10. TERMINATION
- C.11. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
- C.12. How to use this License for your documents
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