From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG  Wed Jan 20 22:58:06 2010
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: acpi@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 010BF106566B
	for <acpi@freebsd.org>; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:58:06 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua)
Received: from citadel.icyb.net.ua (citadel.icyb.net.ua [212.40.38.140])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 462978FC0A
	for <acpi@freebsd.org>; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:58:04 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from porto.topspin.kiev.ua (porto-e.starpoint.kiev.ua
	[212.40.38.100])
	by citadel.icyb.net.ua (8.8.8p3/ICyb-2.3exp) with ESMTP id AAA27580;
	Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:58:02 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua)
Received: from localhost.topspin.kiev.ua ([127.0.0.1])
	by porto.topspin.kiev.ua with esmtp (Exim 4.34 (FreeBSD))
	id 1NXjUw-000Mpx-2q; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:58:02 +0200
Message-ID: <4B578A79.8070408@icyb.net.ua>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:58:01 +0200
From: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091128)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Peter Harrison <peter.piggybox@virgin.net>
References: <20100119202320.GA1311@ideapad.piggybox>
	<4B57136C.3040803@icyb.net.ua>
	<20100120224210.GA92917@ideapad.piggybox>
In-Reply-To: <20100120224210.GA92917@ideapad.piggybox>
X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Cc: acpi@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Problem installing patched acpi...
X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: ACPI and power management development <freebsd-acpi.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-acpi>,
	<mailto:freebsd-acpi-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-acpi>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-acpi-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-acpi>,
	<mailto:freebsd-acpi-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:58:06 -0000

on 21/01/2010 00:42 Peter Harrison said the following:
> 
> Thanks Andriy. I've rebuilt my kernel, and it's working now. Is there anyway
> I can keep GENERIC but install acpi as a module?

I am not sure, but I don't think so.
You can build a kernel with custom config - GENERIC minus device acpi and then
load acpi module.

> Rebuilding the kernel isn't
> really what an atom based netbook was built for!

You can try cross-building your kernel on a different machine.
It's easy.

BTW, what is the patch that you need to use?

-- 
Andriy Gapon