Hi, I just updated $other machine to 2.4.22, and now i have several ACPI tools screaming at me because /proc/acpi dosn't exist. (it was running 2.4.21-pre1, it has aslo been running with several acpi patches) And then: dmesg |grep ACPI BIOS-e820: 0000000027fec000 - 0000000027fef000 (ACPI data) BIOS-e820: 0000000027fff000 - 0000000028000000 (ACPI NVS) ACPI: have wakeup address 0xc0001000 ACPI disabled because your bios is from 2000 and too old <- WTF? ACPI: RSDP (v000 ASUS ) @ 0x000f6580 ACPI: RSDT (v001 ASUS K7V 0x30303031 MSFT 0x31313031) @ 0x27fec000 ACPI: FADT (v001 ASUS K7V 0x30303031 MSFT 0x31313031) @ 0x27fec080 ACPI: BOOT (v001 ASUS K7V 0x30303031 MSFT 0x31313031) @ 0x27fec040 ACPI: DSDT (v001 ASUS K7V 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000b) @ 0x00000000 ACPI: MADT not present ACPI: Subsystem revision 20030813 ACPI: Interpreter disabled. PCI: ACPI tables contain no PCI IRQ routing entries I assure you that this machine has been running with acpi enabled for years without a problem. The latest bios is from "2000/08/04" according to asus' website. Is it me or is this check unwarranted? Or does it actually catch bad bisoses? PS. Keep me in the CC: DS. -- Ian Kumlien