Re: linux 2.5.16 and VIA Chipset

[mikeH <mikeH@notnowlewis.co.uk>]

aha, now I see! Just got so used to the options being in the same 
place... couldn't see for looking!

Now to see if that fixes the boot problem... :)

Anton Altaparmakov wrote:

> At 16:10 18/05/02, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 18 May 2002, Anton Altaparmakov wrote:
>> > At 13:47 18/05/02, mikeH wrote:
>> > >Apologies, on closer examination of the 2.4 and 2.5 dmesg, it 
>> hangs just
>> > >before the
>> > >ACPI is going to come up. However, there is no option for it in make
>> > >menuconfig, and enabling it in .config breaks the compile.
>> >
>> > What do you mean there is no config option in menuconfig?!? I just 
>> checked
>> > and there is "General options" ---> "ACPI Support" ---> "[ ] ACPI 
>> Support".
>>
>> There are two options that are required and it might be that one of them
>> is missing:
>>
>> 1. "Code maturity level options" -> "Prompt for development and/or
>>                                      incomplete code/drivers"
>
>
> Not true in 2.5.x. ACPI is not dependent on config experimental. Just 
> checked.
>
>> 2. "General setup" -> "Power Management support"
>
>
> Not true in 2.5.x. Power management is not a prerequisite for ACPI in 
> 2.5.x. You notice this already by the fact that ACPI is not under the 
> power management menu any more...
>
> Anton
>
>