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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 22:17:45 +0000
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Subject: Re: [RFC] Include ACPI DSDT from INITRD patch into mainline
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On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 23:01:20 +0100
Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@maven.pl> wrote:

> Acer notebook users here dump DSDT from their own machine, fix it and then 
> load via initrd. 

Under EU law thats two copies without permission and modification without
permission of the rights holder....

> > and if they do does it have to be 
> > an ugly hack in the mainstream kernel.
> 
> Can it be done without hacks somehow (in the way that adding fixed DSDT is 
> easy for user)?

Arjan - can you explain the linking dsdt one in more detail ?