From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: dmidecode acpi_osi=!Linux (ACTEBIS SAM#451B) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:55:36 -0500 Message-ID: <200801181855.36846.lenb@kernel.org> References: <49699.212.238.156.107.1184415372.squirrel@mail.de-vos.net> <200707141628.07178.maggu2810@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:45457 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757487AbYARXzy (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:55:54 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200707141628.07178.maggu2810@web.de> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Markus Rathgeb Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Saturday 14 July 2007 10:28, Markus Rathgeb wrote: > Hi! > I saw a lot of the dmidecode messages and attached my dmidecode output (with > kernel.parameter acpi_osi=!Linux). > But there is no different if I use this parameter or not. so you see no functional difference when booting with "acpi_osi=Linux" (default for 2.6.22 and earlier) vs. "acpi_osi=!Linux" (default for 2.6.23 and later) Also, please send me the output from acpidump. thanks, -Len ps If you don't have acpidump, you can get it from pmtools here: http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/utilities.php --- System Information Manufacturer: ACTEBIS Product Name: SAM#451B Version: VT8385/VT8235 Serial Number: 000009 UUID: 80427E3E-4364-0010-937C-000930CFCFFC Wake-up Type: Power Switch Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes Base Board Information Manufacturer: ACTEBIS Product Name: SAM#451B