Re: /proc/acpi/battery

On 26 Aug 2003 at 17:43, George Silberstern wrote:

> At 09:53 AM 8/26/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> >On 26 Aug 2003 at 11:35, [email protected] wrote:
> > > Easiest solution:  Compile 'em in the kernel.
> >
> >If the module can't find the battery, what makes think
> >the exact same code will be more successul compiled
> >into the kernal?  Its the same code!!
> 
> Not all drivers play nice when loaded as modules, especially if 
parts
> of a subsystem are compiled into the kernel and parts are not.  In 
the
> case of ACPI, it is made up of battery, thermal, throttling, etc.  
If
> battery is external and everything else is compiled into the 
kernel,
> then you could have problems...

Or more to the point, SINCE the acpi modules were INTENDED to be
MODULES, compiling ONE of them into the kernel is more likely
to cause problems than is leaving them all as modules.

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