From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: AnMaster Subject: Re: DSDT problems with Asus K8V-X SE Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:07:06 +0100 Message-ID: <4780A84A.6090903@tele2.se> References: <477FB74A.7080908@tele2.se> <200801060037.24499.carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailfe08.swip.net ([212.247.154.225]:34136 "EHLO swip.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751480AbYAFLHL (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jan 2008 06:07:11 -0500 Received: from [83.177.0.77] (account mj530768@tele2.se HELO [192.168.0.64]) by mailfe08.swip.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.13) with ESMTPA id 755150041 for linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:07:07 +0100 In-Reply-To: <200801060037.24499.carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Carlos Corbacho wrote: > On Saturday 05 January 2008 16:58:50 AnMaster wrote: >> My problem is a broken DSDT, I have tried to fix it, but I don't know if I >> did it the right way, nor how to solve the warning that remains when the >> errors are gone. > > What exactly is broken about your DSDT that requires you to 'fix' it? > > Yes, lots of vendor DSDTs won't compile with the Intel compiler - this is > because the Microsoft compiler is far more 'generous' than Intel's, and will > allow a lot of spec breaking rubbish in. > > However, the ACPI interpreter in Linux can handle most of these just fine; and > if it can't, then that's a bug that needs to be fixed in Linux (since Linux > should be able to handle unmodified MS compiled DSDTs out of the box). > > -Carlos I get lots of lock ups (no kernel oopes or other useful info, just everything locks up) that goes away when I disable ACPI. Someone on IRC said that I should try to fix the DSDT to see if that helps. Regards, Arvid Norlander -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHgKhIWmK6ng/aMNkRCp7zAKDDEn8Deif0QuW6v8IP42VS/2fLuwCfRG9M QYCXQ3eJrwj+gw2O7Kaydso= =xOEK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----