Re: ACPI Battery Problems

Ducrot Bruno
2003-07-07T12:38:33Z

On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 05:39:41PM -0400, James H. Cloos Jr. wrote:
> >>>>> "Derek" == Derek Broughton <dbroughton-F3m4/jXepmf3fQ9qLvQP4Q@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
> Derek> yeah, your DSDT is just as broken as every other Dell DSDT I've
> Derek> heard of. I never have managed to properly fix mine (Inspiron
> Derek> 2500). And as long as your battery method is broken it's
> Derek> always going to shut down precipitously when the battery runs
> Derek> out...
>
> FWIW, 2.5.73+ booted w/ acpi_os_name='Microsoft Windows NT' does show
> accurate battery and ac info on an i8100 w/ a14 bios. (they are up
> to a15 for the 8100.)
>
> My next test is .74+ with acpi_os_name='Windows 2001'.
>
> (The two acpi_os_names come from the dsdt; the latter is what the
> dsts expects for xp.)
>

Most of ASL I saw will more likely use the _OSI() method for Windows XP.
I'm also wondering if that will be OK to implement it (but with
a configure option or perhaps better a boot option).

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