discuss: ACPI HOWTO update
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Re: [discuss] ACPI HOWTO update
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21 Dec 2005 13:30:31 -0000
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> On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 10:14:15AM +0000, Machtelt Garrels wrote:
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> I'm the one that started all this by emailing the authors off-list and
> suggesting that the current ACPI-HOWTO be replaced with the newer one
> by Ariel Glen. I thought it best to do this off-list but now it's
> on-list. What about naming the current one ACPI-old-HOWTO, and
> submitting the new ACPI-HOWTO with plans to remove the old one when
> the significant info in it gets into the newer ACPI-HOWTO. The old
> one is by no means an "overview" since it doesn't cover the configuring
> aspects of ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) which
> modern PCs supply with their BIOS.
Errr...I don't like having 2. Very confusing for the potential reader.
We need to try to cut down on the redundancy wherever possible.
Why not try to combine the 2 into one complete HOWTO?
Or why not provide the old one (relevant sections) as some
sort of appendix to the new one?
Greg / LDP
