From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265752AbUBCBFV (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:05:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265709AbUBCBEr (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:04:47 -0500 Received: from hb6.lcom.net ([216.51.236.182]:27009 "EHLO petrus.dynamic.digitasaru.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265647AbUBCBDF (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:03:05 -0500 Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 19:03:01 -0600 From: Joseph Pingenot To: "Brown, Len" Cc: bluefoxicy@linux.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ACPI -- Workaround for broken DSDT Message-ID: <20040203010258.GC6376@digitasaru.net> Reply-To: trelane@digitasaru.net Mail-Followup-To: "Brown, Len" , bluefoxicy@linux.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-School: University of Iowa X-vi-or-emacs: vi *and* emacs! X-MSMail-Priority: High X-Priority: 1 (Highest) X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: X-MimeOLE: Not Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>From Brown, Len on Sunday, 01 February, 2004: >The vendor should supply a correct DSDT with their BIOS. >In the case of Dell, you might inquire here: http://linux.dell.com/ >For non-vendor supplied solutions, you might also follow the DSDT link >here: http://acpi.sourceforge.net/ Hmm. Do vendors generally release these? I know Dell's very shaky on the Linux support front, at least for desktop/laptop. Also, how do non-vendor supplied ones get made? Seems like something you need NDA'ed docs for. -Joseph >> >this is probably best addressed to acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> >where people over-ride their BIOS ACPI DSDT all the time. >> >However, there is a reason that it isn't push-button, and that is >> >because we don't want to encourage people to do it. We'd rather fix >> >Linux where Linux is broken, or get the OEMs to fix their >> BIOS where the >> >BIOS is broken. >> How does one get a hold of a fixed DSDT? I've seen postings about >> how to apply them, but how do they get released? I'd *love* for >> Dell to release a fix for my Inspiron 8600 (haven't found a fixed >> DSDT), or to just get a hold of one. >> *sigh* When will the vendors support Linux?!