Re: IBM Thinkpad A31 | ACPI problems

Re: IBM Thinkpad A31 | ACPI problems

[Dom]

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Thanks Adachi, Kenichi for your immediate reply!

I browsed the mailing list archives (December 2002, November 2002) and 
encountered several postings from Sandro (PSI-Systems <psi-systems-8XqT/MH+8ao@public.gmane.org>) 
who is having the same problem with his Thinkpad A31 laptop: 
ACPI: Found ECDT
ACPI: Could not use ECDT
evxfevnt-0119 [06] Acpi_disable          : ACPI mode disabled

ACPI is completely disabled for IBM Thinkpad A31. Is there a solution for that 
problem available? How can I be of any help to the ACPI developers?

Thanks for any hints!
Dom
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RE: Re: IBM Thinkpad A31 | ACPI problems

[Adachi, Kenichi]

> I browsed the mailing list archives (December 2002, November 2002) and

> encountered several postings from Sandro (PSI-Systems
<psi-systems-8XqT/MH+8ao@public.gmane.org>) 
> who is having the same problem with his Thinkpad A31 laptop: 
> ACPI: Found ECDT
> ACPI: Could not use ECDT
> evxfevnt-0119 [06] Acpi_disable          : ACPI mode disabled
> 
> ACPI is completely disabled for IBM Thinkpad A31. Is there a 
> solution for that 
> problem available? How can I be of any help to the ACPI developers?
> 

Did you also read Andy Grover's reply to Sandro? 

Subject:  RE: [ACPI] ACPI does not work since
acpi-20021022-2.4.20-pre11.di
From:     "Grover, Andrew" <andrew.grover () intel ! com>
Date:     2002-11-04 18:19:30
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=acpi4linux&m=103643408113691&w=2

In short, ECDT -> EC_ID is supposed to be the full path name of your EC
device in ACPI Namespace like "\_SB.PCI0.LPC.EC", but __NOT__ in your
BIOS. 
You can work around your problem by adding hack code, but it makes OS
code dirty to save broken BIOSes and it allows BIOS vendor not to fix
their problem.




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Re: Re: IBM Thinkpad A31 | ACPI problems

[Dom]

Dear Kenichi,

sorry - i did not see Andy Grover's reply to Sandro earlier on. So the problem 
is a bug in the BIOS implementation. I have already contacted IBM via "Ask an 
expert" and posted a message to http://www7.pc.ibm.com/~Thinkpad and I really 
hope that they will reply. I will keep you up to date.

Thanks,
Dominik

p.s. How ugly would a work around for the BIOS problem be? Aren't there 
already several work arounds for buggy BIOSes in the Linux kernel code?

On Thursday 02 January 2003 18:29, Adachi, Kenichi wrote:
> > I browsed the mailing list archives (December 2002, November 2002) and
> >
> > encountered several postings from Sandro (PSI-Systems
>
> <psi-systems-8XqT/MH+8ao@public.gmane.org>)
>
> > who is having the same problem with his Thinkpad A31 laptop:
> > ACPI: Found ECDT
> > ACPI: Could not use ECDT
> > evxfevnt-0119 [06] Acpi_disable          : ACPI mode disabled
> >
> > ACPI is completely disabled for IBM Thinkpad A31. Is there a
> > solution for that
> > problem available? How can I be of any help to the ACPI developers?
>
> Did you also read Andy Grover's reply to Sandro?
>
> Subject:  RE: [ACPI] ACPI does not work since
> acpi-20021022-2.4.20-pre11.di
> From:     "Grover, Andrew" <andrew.grover () intel ! com>
> Date:     2002-11-04 18:19:30
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=acpi4linux&m=103643408113691&w=2
>
> In short, ECDT -> EC_ID is supposed to be the full path name of your EC
> device in ACPI Namespace like "\_SB.PCI0.LPC.EC", but __NOT__ in your
> BIOS.
> You can work around your problem by adding hack code, but it makes OS
> code dirty to save broken BIOSes and it allows BIOS vendor not to fix
> their problem.



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Re: Re: IBM Thinkpad A31 | ACPI problems

[PSI-Systems]

> sorry - i did not see Andy Grover's reply to Sandro earlier on. So the
problem
> is a bug in the BIOS implementation. I have already contacted IBM via "Ask
an
> expert" and posted a message to http://www7.pc.ibm.com/~Thinkpad and I
really
> hope that they will reply. I will keep you up to date.
Uh!
I didn't know that IBM has a forum. Where is your question located (I can't
find it)? Can you please email me if you find a solution for the whole prob?
I also questioned IBM about that prob a few days ago, but via support - no
answer so far.

Sandro



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Re: Re: IBM Thinkpad A31 | ACPI problems

[Dom]

Dear Sandro,

I posted the following message to the "Thinkpad A20,A21,A22,A30,A31" forum at 
IBM. Currently it looks like the posting has not been opened to public yet? I 
hope that IBM will provide a patch or that we can assist in creating a work 
around for the buggy bios. I know several friends who are running Linux on 
their A31's. Currently we all stick to kernel 2.4.19 + acpi-20020918 patch. 
This combination provides at least some support for ACPI. 

Thanks to the hard-working acpi-development team!
Dom

--------
Topic:      ACPI Linux (1 of 1), Read 10 times
Conf: ThinkPad A20,A21,A22,A30,A31
From: bartenst
Date: Thursday, January 02, 2003 03:07 PM

Hi all!

I am successfully running Gentoo Linux
(http://www.gentoo.org) on my new A31. Unfortunately
ACPI is not getting initialized properly with the new
acpi-patch from 20021212 ( + vanilla 2.4.20). I consulted
the acpi developers (http://acpi.sf.net) who told me that the
problem is the buggy BIOS! Is IBM aware of that problem
and are there any ongoing efforts to solve this problem?

Thanks!
Dom

p.s.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=acpi4linux&m=103643408113691&w=2
summary:
"In short, ECDT -> EC_ID is supposed to be the full path
name of your EC device in ACPI Namespace like
"\_SB.PCI0.LPC.EC", but __NOT__ in your BIOS. You
can work around your problem by adding hack code, but it
makes OS
code dirty to save broken BIOSes and it allows BIOS
vendor not to fix their problem."
----------

On Thursday 02 January 2003 22:31, you wrote:
> > sorry - i did not see Andy Grover's reply to Sandro earlier on. So the
>
> problem
>
> > is a bug in the BIOS implementation. I have already contacted IBM via
> > "Ask
>
> an
>
> > expert" and posted a message to http://www7.pc.ibm.com/~Thinkpad and I
>
> really
>
> > hope that they will reply. I will keep you up to date.
>
> Uh!
> I didn't know that IBM has a forum. Where is your question located (I can't
> find it)? Can you please email me if you find a solution for the whole
> prob? I also questioned IBM about that prob a few days ago, but via support
> - no answer so far.
>
> Sandro


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AW: Re: IBM Thinkpad A31 | ACPI problems

[Jörg Hänsel]

Dear Dom,
I have a Thinkpad R32 and the same problem (could not use EDCT). I hope that
IBM will release a new BIOS since ACPI does not work perfectly in Windows
2000 and XP as well.
(Meanwhile I am using APM instead.)
When I load the ospm modules (battery, etc.) there is no subdirectory acpi
under /proc but "battery" occurs directly under /proc and is empty.

Bye,
Jörg


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Dear Sandro,

I posted the following message to the "Thinkpad A20,A21,A22,A30,A31" forum
at
IBM. Currently it looks like the posting has not been opened to public yet?
I
hope that IBM will provide a patch or that we can assist in creating a work
around for the buggy bios. I know several friends who are running Linux on
their A31's. Currently we all stick to kernel 2.4.19 + acpi-20020918 patch.
This combination provides at least some support for ACPI.

Thanks to the hard-working acpi-development team!
Dom

--------
Topic:      ACPI Linux (1 of 1), Read 10 times
Conf: ThinkPad A20,A21,A22,A30,A31
From: bartenst
Date: Thursday, January 02, 2003 03:07 PM

Hi all!

I am successfully running Gentoo Linux
(http://www.gentoo.org) on my new A31. Unfortunately
ACPI is not getting initialized properly with the new
acpi-patch from 20021212 ( + vanilla 2.4.20). I consulted
the acpi developers (http://acpi.sf.net) who told me that the
problem is the buggy BIOS! Is IBM aware of that problem
and are there any ongoing efforts to solve this problem?

Thanks!
Dom

p.s.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=acpi4linux&m=103643408113691&w=2
summary:
"In short, ECDT -> EC_ID is supposed to be the full path
name of your EC device in ACPI Namespace like
"\_SB.PCI0.LPC.EC", but __NOT__ in your BIOS. You
can work around your problem by adding hack code, but it
makes OS
code dirty to save broken BIOSes and it allows BIOS
vendor not to fix their problem."
----------

On Thursday 02 January 2003 22:31, you wrote:
> > sorry - i did not see Andy Grover's reply to Sandro earlier on. So the
>
> problem
>
> > is a bug in the BIOS implementation. I have already contacted IBM via
> > "Ask
>
> an
>
> > expert" and posted a message to http://www7.pc.ibm.com/~Thinkpad and I
>
> really
>
> > hope that they will reply. I will keep you up to date.
>
> Uh!
> I didn't know that IBM has a forum. Where is your question located (I
can't
> find it)? Can you please email me if you find a solution for the whole
> prob? I also questioned IBM about that prob a few days ago, but via
support
> - no answer so far.
>
> Sandro


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Re: Re: IBM Thinkpad A31 | ACPI problems

[Dom]

Hi Thinkpad dudes out there,

1.) the following message was posted by an IBM employee on 
http://www7.pc.ibm.com/~Thinkpad

------------------
Topic: ACPI Linux (2 of 2), Read 6 times  
Conf: ThinkPad A20,A21,A22,A30,A31 
From: Theresa@IBM2 
Date: Friday, January 03, 2003 02:27 PM 
Hello Dom,
Unfortunately, we do not have any information on whether or not the BIOS will 
be updated to resolve the issue you are having with the ACPI. This is up to 
the IBM Software Developers.
 
Thank you for choosing the IBM Forums.
 
 
 Theresa L. IBM World-Wide Electronic Support and Services
---------------------

2.) thats the reply to my email sent to IBM technical support:

--------------------
Dear Mr. Bar,
you have contacted the technical support of IBM and we can't give you
marketing informations about future equipment. Please call our service
centre at 01803 - 31 32 33 and ask for someone who is able to inform you
about that.

Best regards
Your IBM eSupport



                         IBM Personal Computing Division
                         http://www.ibm.com/pc/support
--------------------

I will try to contact a developer at IBM ...

Greetings,
Dom

On Thursday 02 January 2003 22:54, Dom wrote:
> Dear Sandro,
>
> I posted the following message to the "Thinkpad A20,A21,A22,A30,A31" forum
> at IBM. Currently it looks like the posting has not been opened to public
> yet? I hope that IBM will provide a patch or that we can assist in creating
> a work around for the buggy bios. I know several friends who are running
> Linux on their A31's. Currently we all stick to kernel 2.4.19 +
> acpi-20020918 patch. This combination provides at least some support for
> ACPI.
>
> Thanks to the hard-working acpi-development team!
> Dom
>
> --------
> Topic:      ACPI Linux (1 of 1), Read 10 times
> Conf: ThinkPad A20,A21,A22,A30,A31
> From: bartenst
> Date: Thursday, January 02, 2003 03:07 PM
>
> Hi all!
>
> I am successfully running Gentoo Linux
> (http://www.gentoo.org) on my new A31. Unfortunately
> ACPI is not getting initialized properly with the new
> acpi-patch from 20021212 ( + vanilla 2.4.20). I consulted
> the acpi developers (http://acpi.sf.net) who told me that the
> problem is the buggy BIOS! Is IBM aware of that problem
> and are there any ongoing efforts to solve this problem?
>
> Thanks!
> Dom
>
> p.s.
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=acpi4linux&m=103643408113691&w=2
> summary:
> "In short, ECDT -> EC_ID is supposed to be the full path
> name of your EC device in ACPI Namespace like
> "\_SB.PCI0.LPC.EC", but __NOT__ in your BIOS. You
> can work around your problem by adding hack code, but it
> makes OS
> code dirty to save broken BIOSes and it allows BIOS
> vendor not to fix their problem."
> ----------



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Re: Re: IBM Thinkpad A31 | ACPI problems

[Arndt Schoenewald]

Hmm ... if it turns out that IBM does not fix their BIOSes, I will have
to start advising people against buying Thinkpads. Period.

Perhaps we should find a way to make this very clear to IBM, and to
the other companies who think they will get away with not doing their
homework -- and of course to all potential buyers.

Nobody wants to give up their freedom, so the inability to run Linux on
a newly bought machine is something that will even annoy many of those
who are currently only interested in Windows.

Arndt


On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 11:53:42AM +0100, Dom wrote:
> Hi Thinkpad dudes out there,
> 
> 1.) the following message was posted by an IBM employee on 
> http://www7.pc.ibm.com/~Thinkpad
> 
> ------------------
> Topic: ACPI Linux (2 of 2), Read 6 times  
> Conf: ThinkPad A20,A21,A22,A30,A31 
> From: Theresa@IBM2 
> Date: Friday, January 03, 2003 02:27 PM 
> Hello Dom,
> Unfortunately, we do not have any information on whether or not the BIOS will 
> be updated to resolve the issue you are having with the ACPI. This is up to 
> the IBM Software Developers.
>  
> Thank you for choosing the IBM Forums.
>  
>  
>  Theresa L. IBM World-Wide Electronic Support and Services
> ---------------------
> 
> 2.) thats the reply to my email sent to IBM technical support:
> 
> --------------------
> Dear Mr. Bar,
> you have contacted the technical support of IBM and we can't give you
> marketing informations about future equipment. Please call our service
> centre at 01803 - 31 32 33 and ask for someone who is able to inform you
> about that.
> 
> Best regards
> Your IBM eSupport
> 
> 
> 
>                          IBM Personal Computing Division
>                          http://www.ibm.com/pc/support
> --------------------
> 
> I will try to contact a developer at IBM ...
> 
> Greetings,
> Dom

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Re: Re: IBM Thinkpad A31 | ACPI problems

[Thomas Geiger]

Hi,

i'm also encountering the same problems with my (beloved ;) ) A31. So if there 
is a possible workaround - is anyone already working on it/how difficult 
would it be to implement such that hack?

Tom

On Thursday 02 January 2003 18:29, Adachi, Kenichi wrote:
> > I browsed the mailing list archives (December 2002, November 2002) and
> >
> > encountered several postings from Sandro (PSI-Systems
>
> <psi-systems-8XqT/MH+8ao@public.gmane.org>)
>
> > who is having the same problem with his Thinkpad A31 laptop:
> > ACPI: Found ECDT
> > ACPI: Could not use ECDT
> > evxfevnt-0119 [06] Acpi_disable          : ACPI mode disabled
> >
> > ACPI is completely disabled for IBM Thinkpad A31. Is there a
> > solution for that
> > problem available? How can I be of any help to the ACPI developers?
>
> Did you also read Andy Grover's reply to Sandro?
>
> Subject:  RE: [ACPI] ACPI does not work since
> acpi-20021022-2.4.20-pre11.di
> From:     "Grover, Andrew" <andrew.grover () intel ! com>
> Date:     2002-11-04 18:19:30
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=acpi4linux&m=103643408113691&w=2
>
> In short, ECDT -> EC_ID is supposed to be the full path name of your EC
> device in ACPI Namespace like "\_SB.PCI0.LPC.EC", but __NOT__ in your
> BIOS.
> You can work around your problem by adding hack code, but it makes OS
> code dirty to save broken BIOSes and it allows BIOS vendor not to fix
> their problem.
>
>
>
>
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