Re: HP-Compaq laptops and Linux ACPI (was RE: redhat comment about intel not taking patches?)

Faye Pearson
2003-02-13T17:41:46Z

Duncan Gibb [duncangibb-zbhw9Kw21rH/AQmYMRTMl1aTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org] wrote:
> However, I, as your customer, think that if HP advertises a product as
> ACPI-compliant - which you do - and is (through Compaq) a co-author of
> the specification with which you're claiming compliance - which you are
> - then it's not too much to ask that this claim be true - which
> unfortunately, it isn't.

And the way to communicate that is to change your supplier. My last
laptop was a Compaq. My current laptop is a Sony. I'm not saying that
the sony has a perfect ACPI implementation but I haven't had to override
the BIOS DSDT to get working battery/ac status.

Hopefully John will take some of this feedback back to HP/Compaq.

Faye

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