From c6575e46c5c83b01ded9e61582b93e6778969125 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexey Dokuchaev Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:40:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] When ioctl() on /dev/acpi fails with `Device not configured' message, suggest most probable cause of this to reduce number of questions on the mailing lists; slightly improve port description text while here. --- sysutils/acpi_call/files/patch-acpi__call__util.c | 10 ++++++++++ sysutils/acpi_call/pkg-descr | 2 +- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 sysutils/acpi_call/files/patch-acpi__call__util.c diff --git a/sysutils/acpi_call/files/patch-acpi__call__util.c b/sysutils/acpi_call/files/patch-acpi__call__util.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e905c117bac6 --- /dev/null +++ b/sysutils/acpi_call/files/patch-acpi__call__util.c @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- acpi_call_util.c.orig 2011-11-07 05:35:10 UTC ++++ acpi_call_util.c +@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[]) + if (ioctl(fd, ACPIIO_CALL, ¶ms) == -1) + { + perror("ioctl"); ++ fprintf(stderr, "(Is `acpi_call.ko' kernel module loaded?)\n"); + return 1; + } + diff --git a/sysutils/acpi_call/pkg-descr b/sysutils/acpi_call/pkg-descr index ec016259ace7..07d760528683 100644 --- a/sysutils/acpi_call/pkg-descr +++ b/sysutils/acpi_call/pkg-descr @@ -1 +1 @@ -Kernel module for calling arbitrary ACPI methods from userspace. +Kernel module and utility for calling arbitrary ACPI methods from userspace.