On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Steven Haigh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 11/03/13 00:52, Akemi Yagi wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 4:50 AM, Steven Haigh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Not sure if this has come in from upstream or something local, but it
>>> looks
>>> like CONFIG_EEEPC_LAPTOP is no longer set in the kernel config. This
>>> reduces
>>> battery life significantly on Asus EEEPCs loading with linux.
>>>
>>> Kernel is: kernel-2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64
>>> Install is fresh from the SL6.4 Beta 2 iso.
>>
>>
>> I don't think CONFIG_EEEPC_LAPTOP was ever enabled in the TUV
>> (therefore SL as well) kernel. Just for a reference, the CentOSPlus
>> kernel has it enabled. But that is a custom kernel, not a distro one.
>
>
> Its a bit strange here... the 32 bit kernel has it enabled and built as a
> module. The 64 bit kernel has it disabled.
>
> I'm not quite sure why that is...

You are quite right. I only checked the 64-bit kernel.

Akemi