From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Francis Yom Subject: Re: Problem with ACPI and vmware Date: 21 Nov 2002 12:49:11 -0500 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <1037900951.1713.27.camel@localhost> References: <1037834173.1868.10.camel@localhost> <1037895243.2221.9.camel@p2710> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1037895243.2221.9.camel-QUVSR2uV0NY@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Troy Schultz Cc: ACPI Development - Sourceforge List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi Troy, Pardon me on the idle patch. When I looked at my processor.c file, I realized I was looking at the wrong place and sure enough I did not disable my 'pm_idle=acpi_pm_idle;' line as directed. This fixed the problem completely for me. Now I just have to get the battstat program to work ;) FWIW, I have a Presario 2700 and I am running kernel 2.4.19 with xfs and rmap14a. I am running it with the 20021101 ACPI patch and it is working fine. I get battery, thermal zones, everything! :) What made it work was upgrading the BIOS to the latest F.12 revision which you can get from compaq. The F.12 bios has a fixed ACPI implementation and now my laptop has working ACPI :) The only bug I have is that thermal zones are not always picked up at boot. I have to reboot (sometimes 2-3 times) and the thermal zones will get discovered. I am wondering what might be causing this. Hmmmm... Any ideas? Many thanks! Francis On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 11:14, Troy Schultz wrote: > I am not sure what Idle patch you refer to, but I have found that you > must hack processor.c to disable the CPU idle handler in the ACPI > drivers to got VMware to work properly. > > The problem seems to be that when VMware's guest is using the CPU the > CPU stays at C2 and is not promoted to C1. This causes very high delays > in some of the apps. > > I am running VMware 3.2 with kernel 2.4.19 and ACPI 20020821, I have > been reluctant to try the newer ACPI drivers since I finally have things > on my Presario 2710CA working quite well. When I do get some time I do > intend to try the newer ACPI driver though. It has been a pain to go > through each version and determine where I must hack to disable the CPU > idle handler. > > I have also found that I must use a "corrected" DSDT since the one in > the notebook is buggy. > > For what it is worth I too think this is an issue that VMware must > correct. I have sent them emails regarding this issue but have never > seen any response. I think more people have to complain about this > problem before they will do anything to fix it. > > Feel free to email me if I can be of any assistance to you. > > Best Regards > - Troy > > On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 18:16, Francis Yom wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > I'm having a problem with ACPI and VMWare. I am using ACPI 20021101 and > > VMWare 3.0 on kernel 2.4.19 with xfs and rmap14a. My laptop is a Compaq > > presario 2700T. > > > > When I include processor and thermal support in the kernel, I can see my > > battery and thermal zones just fine. However, My Win2K and openbsd 3.2 > > VMWare sessions stutter and are slow. YES! I did install the Idle > > patch. In fact, with 20021101 ACPI it seems this patch is already in > > place. > > > > When I remove processor and thermal support, I cannot see my battery any > > more, but VMWare sessions run fine without problems. > > > > I am looking for a solution that will give me my battery support back > > and let me run VMWare without sluggishness. > > > > Can anyone suggest a solution? Thanks! > > Francis > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by: > > Battle your brains against the best in the Thawte Crypto > > Challenge. Be the first to crack the code - register now: > > http://www.gothawte.com/rd521.html > > _______________________________________________ > > Acpi-devel mailing list > > Acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acpi-devel ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf