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

Luming
2003-02-14T02:30:27Z

> Back in November I had an exchange of emails on this
> list and with
> Richard Black at HP, during which we established
> that the main thing
> that stops Linux ACPI working out-of-the-box on HP
> notebooks like my Evo
> N800c is that the DSDT written into the BIOS on
> these boxes does not
> comply with the ACPI spec. I sent details of some
> of the most obvious
> violations - with references - to Richard, who said
> he's pass them on,
> but I've heard nothing back.
>

Does HP notebooks (your Evo N800c) support ACPI well
when running Windows? If so, linux should do it like
windiows, despite those boxes does not comply with the
ACPI spec. Am I right?

thanks,
micyu

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