What does it take to add ACPI

[Oliver Sedlacek]

I'm a newbie, so the HOWTOs on ACPI are a bit over my head. I want ACPI on my WhiteBox Linux system (similar to RH9)

Question 1. Do I have to recompile or reconfigure or patch the kernel. I think it's 2.4.21. Is there an easier way?

Question 2. I've tried recompiling the kernel and "make modules" falls over. Where do I start trying to figure out what the problem is.

Question 3. Is it worth trying to get yum working to update everything first.

Question 4. Have I bitten off more than I can chew.

Thanks in advance from a lonely newbie.

[variant]

i dont think the 2.4 kernel has great acpi support. the 2.6 kernel has much more complete support for ACPI.

in answer to question 2: what is the error message (all of it, not just the last line)

[Oliver Sedlacek]

I just get a shed load of undeclared symbol warnings until eventually make returns with

make[3]: *** [module.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory 'usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.WIP/drivers/addon/cipe'
make[2]: *** [_modsubdir_cipe] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory 'usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.WIP/drivers/addon'
make[3]: *** [_modsubdir_addon] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory 'usr/src/linux-2.4.21-15.WIP/drivers'
make: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2

As I can't even recompile the kernel, the chances of upgrading to 2.6 strike me as slim