From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Faye Pearson Subject: Re: HP-Compaq laptops and Linux ACPI (was RE: redhat comment about intel not taking patches?) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 17:41:46 +0000 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20030213174146.GB5405@clara.net> References: <1045154118.14935.64.camel@carwash.duncangibb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1045154118.14935.64.camel-h9eRTumTmmZjMu4AB9qoK9F8XQ1HzYRO@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Duncan Gibb Cc: "Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)" , Darren Benham , acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org 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 -- Faye Pearson, Covert Development ClaraNET Ltd. Tel 020 7903 3000 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en