<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >ACPI: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="About this document" HREF="about.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="article" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="title" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >ACPI: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface</H1 ><DIV CLASS="authorgroup" ><A NAME="AEN4" ></A ><H3 CLASS="author" ><A NAME="AEN5" >Emma Jane Hogbin</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="affiliation" ><SPAN CLASS="orgname" > <A HREF="http://www.xtrinsic.com" TARGET="_top" >xtrinsic</A > <BR></SPAN ><DIV CLASS="address" ><P CLASS="address" ><br> <TT CLASS="email" ><<A HREF="mailto:emmajane@xtrinsic.com" >emmajane@xtrinsic.com</A >></TT ><br> </P ></DIV ></DIV ><P CLASS="othercredit" ><B >Erich Schubert - </B ><SPAN CLASS="contrib" >Author of the section on DSDT.</SPAN ></P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="revhistory" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.5.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-07-15</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: ejh</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Link included to the French translation of this document.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.5</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-05-21</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: ejh</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Minor updates for the 2.6.6 kernel and corrections regarding which kernels need patching.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.4</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-05-12</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: ejh</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Initial thoughts on the 2.6.5 kernel; includes information on battery monitoring applications causing touchpad lockup problems.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="abstract" ><A NAME="AEN19" ></A ><P ></P ><P >Outlines how to patch a kernel for ACPI support.</P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="about.html" >About this document</A ></DT ><DT >2. <A HREF="copyright.html" >Copyright and License</A ></DT ><DT >3. <A HREF="translations.html" >Translations</A ></DT ><DT >4. <A HREF="aboutacpi.html" >About ACPI</A ></DT ><DT >5. <A HREF="apmtoacpi.html" >Why switch?</A ></DT ><DT >6. <A HREF="dsdt.html" >DSDT: Differentiated System Description Table</A ></DT ><DT >7. <A HREF="install.html" >Installing from scratch</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >7.1. <A HREF="install.html#kernelchoice" >Choosing a kernel</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >8. <A HREF="backups.html" >Backups</A ></DT ><DT >9. <A HREF="kernelprep.html" >Download and Unpack the New Kernel</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >9.1. <A HREF="kernelprep.html#requiredpackages" >Required packages</A ></DT ><DT >9.2. <A HREF="kernelprep.html#unpack" >Unpack</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >10. <A HREF="kernelconfig.html" >Configure the new kernel</A ></DT ><DT >11. <A HREF="kernelcompile.html" >Compile the new kernel</A ></DT ><DT >12. <A HREF="kernelinstall.html" >Install the new kernel</A ></DT ><DT >13. <A HREF="finishinstall.html" >Reboot and test</A ></DT ><DT >14. <A HREF="loadmodules.html" >Load related modules</A ></DT ><DT >15. <A HREF="daemons.html" >Switching from APM to ACPI</A ></DT ><DT >16. <A HREF="usingacpi.html" >Using ACPI</A ></DT ><DT >17. <A HREF="resources.html" >References and Resources</A ></DT ><DT >18. <A HREF="thanks.html" >Thanks</A ></DT ><DT >A. <A HREF="patch.html" >Patching Old Kernels</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >A.1. <A HREF="x659.html" >Getting the Source Files</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >B. <A HREF="nodebkernel.html" >ACPI the Non-Debian Way</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >B.1. <A HREF="nodebcompile.html" >Compile the kernel</A ></DT ><DT >B.2. <A HREF="nodebinstall.html" >Install the new kernel</A ></DT ><DT >B.3. <A HREF="nodebsoftware.html" >Software packages</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >C. <A HREF="gfdl.html" >GNU Free Documentation License</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >C.1. <A HREF="gfdl-0.html" >PREAMBLE</A ></DT ><DT >C.2. <A HREF="gfdl-1.html" >APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS</A ></DT ><DT >C.3. <A HREF="gfdl-2.html" >VERBATIM COPYING</A ></DT ><DT >C.4. <A HREF="gfdl-3.html" >COPYING IN QUANTITY</A ></DT ><DT >C.5. <A HREF="gfdl-4.html" >MODIFICATIONS</A ></DT ><DT >C.6. <A HREF="gfdl-5.html" >COMBINING DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >C.7. <A HREF="gfdl-6.html" >COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >C.8. <A HREF="gfdl-7.html" >AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS</A ></DT ><DT >C.9. <A HREF="gfdl-8.html" >TRANSLATION</A ></DT ><DT >C.10. <A HREF="gfdl-9.html" >TERMINATION</A ></DT ><DT >C.11. <A HREF="gfdl-10.html" >FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE</A ></DT ><DT >C.12. <A HREF="gfdl-11.html" >How to use this License for your documents</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="about.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >About this document</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >