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FAQ
acer_acpi Frequently Asked Questions.
FAQ1. What is acer_acpi?Jump to the main page to find out. 2. What hardware is supported or unsupported?See http://code.google.com/p/aceracpi/wiki/SupportedHardware (although the list is incomplete) 3. It doesn't work on supported hardware! I get "Unable to register driver, aborting!"Please upgrade to the latest version of acer_acpi. If that still doesn't work, please file a bug. 4. "Sorry, not yet implemented" or "Sorry, reading status not yet implemented"Please upgrade to the latest version of acer_acpi 5. dmesg tells me "No or unsupported WMI interface, unable to load"Your laptop does not have the WMI-ACPI interface we use to control the hardware. There may be an alternative interface we don't know about - in order to find it, we'll need to do some disassembly of your ACPI DSDT. 6. "acer_acpi: Unknown symbol led_classdev_unregister"You need to enable the LED subsystem in your kernel configuration. 7. "acer_acpi: Unknown symbol backlight_device_register "You need to enable the backlight subsystem in your kernel configuration. 8. When is the next version of acer_acpi coming out?acer_acpi is now deprecated. So unless there's a major bug fix required, there won't be one. And finally, not a frequently-asked-question ... 9. Can I maintain a package for $LINUX_DISTRO?Please don't. acer-wmi is now available in mainline kernels, it would be better to just move to a newer kernel. 10. When will acer_acpi go mainline?acer-wmi, the upstream port of acer_acpi, was merged into 2.6.25. 11. What will happen to acer_acpi now?acer_acpi will now go into bug-fixing only mode, and be maintained exclusively for older kernels. All development work will switch to the in-kernel acer-wmi instead. |
