Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/5] ACPI: acer_acpi

[Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>]

On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 20:58 -0400, Len Brown wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 July 2007 10:44, Carlos Corbacho wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > The following five patches (against acpi test) add support for Acer laptops
> > (2005 and newer) that define the PNP0C14 _HID device in ACPI (aka the Windows
> > Management Instrumentation Device).
> 
> no, PNP0C14 is not specific to acer,
> and a platform-specific driver should not be necessary to handle it.
> 
> I started a wmi.c a while back, and planned to get it out on the
> list by the end of July.  I've got only one laptop that I can
> test it on (an HP).  Perhaps you can help me test a generic wmi.c
> on your Acer?

Add me on the list of volunteers.
If I find some time, I am eager to give it a test...

Here a list of machines I found having a PNP0C14 device:

HP: nx5000, nx6310, nx6125, nx6325, nx8220, nx9105, nx9420, nx9105,
Presario m2000, nc6230, nc6400, dv8000, ...

Acer: Aspire 5050, 1360 wlmi, Ferrari F5000, ...

FSC: Some Amilos (at least M3438G)

There are probably much more, maybe someone finding his laptop on this
list also wants to help and try things out...

   Thomas