On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:50:37AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
On 05/18/12 05:16, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:46:21PM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
Almost every linux distro has iasl packaged these days. Lets make it a build dependency and stop the hassle we have with updating the *.hex files in the git repo.
I'm a bit torn on this. I see the gain in that it simplifies the build and makes patches smaller.
Patch conflicts in the generated files are a pain too.
It also allows include files (eg, config.h) to be pulled into the asl code so that symbolic names can be shared. Iasl is easily available from most distros, but it isn't installed by default. I don't want to scare off any casual users that download the git tree and attempt to compile.
We can detect iasl and print a friendly message in case it isn't there, see attached patch. Comments?
Yes - if we have a very clear message to the user it's probably okay.
-Kevin