Fixing the DSDT

Fixing the DSDT

[Matthew Harrell]

In the standard DSDT entry for my HP zt1195 laptop I get the following messages
in my kernel logs when attempting to access info about my battery

dsmthdat-0475 [39] ds_method_data_get_val: Uninitialized Local[1] at node def12d20
 dswexec-0421 [35] ds_exec_end_op        : [Multiply]: Could not resolve operands, AE_AML_UNINITIALIZED_LOCAL
 psparse-1121: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.PIB_.BAT0._BIF] (Node deeff748), AE_AML_UNINITIALIZED_LOCAL
acpi_battery-0144 [27] acpi_battery_get_info : Error evaluating _BIF
dsmthdat-0475 [39] ds_method_data_get_val: Uninitialized Local[1] at node def12d20
 dswexec-0421 [35] ds_exec_end_op        : [Multiply]: Could not resolve operands, AE_AML_UNINITIALIZED_LOCAL
 psparse-1121: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.PIB_.BAT0._BIF] (Node deeff748), AE_AML_UNINITIALIZED_LOCAL
acpi_battery-0144 [27] acpi_battery_get_info : Error evaluating _BIF

First of all, which is the better way to grab it with
  cp /proc/acpi/dsdt dsdt ; iasl -d dsdt

or with 

  acpidump > dsdt.asl

When I try it the first way isal (20030228) gives me 86 errors.  When I try
it the second way it gives me 3 errors.  Why the difference?

Anyway, I repaired the three errors in the second one (two were easy) but I
still get the same kernel message when attempting to read the battery so 
obviously something else is broken.  Anyone have any pointers what I should
try now?

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  Matthew Harrell                          Bill Gates is only a white Persian
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