From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tundras-SmH/eyArkOtWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org Subject: Re: CALL FOR TESTING Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:46:51 -0400 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20020923194650.GA1171@nnenews.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: "Grover, Andrew" Cc: acpi-devel-pyega4qmqnRoyOMFzWx49A@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Quoting Grover, Andrew : > I wanted to make a special request for testing of the 2.4 patch (or should I > say, MEGA-patch). > > Marcelo has asked for widespread testing of it, in anticipation of likely > 2.4 mainline inclusion. I will be posting a call for testing to linux-kernel > soon, but am posting this here first to hopefully weed out any really bad > bugs that may have crept in. > > The main issues of importance are: > > - DOES IT BOOT? Yes, the machine boots. Machine: HP Pavilion 501n OS: Kernel 2.4.20-pre7 w/ ACPI 20020918. No other patches. > - DOES IT ASSIGN INTERRUPTS PROPERLY? No. My earlier report on this machine was with AE_STACK_UNDERFLOW. Now it reports Error: Acpi_load_tables: Could not load namespace: AE_AML_INTERNAL /proc/acpi doesn't exist. > > Failure to do so either indicates a bug that we need to fix (fast) or a > system that should go on the blacklist. dmesg now includes the DSDT > signature to aid blacklisting. Is this the DSDT sig information you need? ACPI: RSDP (v000 PTLTD ) @ 0x000f6670 ACPI: RSDT (v001 PTLTD RSDT 01540.00000) @ 0x07cf7082 ACPI: FADT (v001 INTEL Whitney 01540.00000) @ 0x07cfbf0a ACPI: MADT (v001 PTLTD APIC 01540.00000) @ 0x07cfbf7e ACPI: BOOT (v001 PTLTD $SBFTBL$ 01540.00000) @ 0x07cfbfd8 ACPI: DSDT (v001 INTEL Whitney 01540.00000) @ 0x00000000 ACPI: BIOS passes blacklist ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf