From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sebastian Henschel Subject: Re: [ACPI-sppt] supported machines Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:56:18 +0200 Sender: acpi-support-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20030613095618.GC2580@enigma.daemon.sh> References: <20030612041209.GA3201@xtrinsic.com> <005501c330ec$6d0c17b0$3746028e@bio.dfo.ca> <20030612142429.GE567@xtrinsic.com> <00fc01c330f0$ea66dd40$3746028e@bio.dfo.ca> <20030612170817.GB1494@xtrinsic.com> <003b01c33113$43186e00$3746028e@bio.dfo.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NU0Ex4SbNnrxsi6C" Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <003b01c33113$43186e00$3746028e-dP0OE4Ef7fWw5LPnMra/2Q@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-support-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: acpi-support-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org --NU0Ex4SbNnrxsi6C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hello derek.. i think, i'll put this onto acpi-devel, too. * Derek Broughton [2003-06-13 09:38 +0200]: > From: "Emma Jane Hogbin" >=20 > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 11:42:57AM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote: > > > So everybody who's reading, please take the time to check those pages= and if > > > your BIOS/system is not listed please add what you can. > > > > Do you mean here? > > http://acpi.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/InstallationReports > > >=20 > I actually meant the page at http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/index.php, = but I > hadn't realized that they actually want the DSDT asl included. I think t= hat's a > mistake. =20 > In the first place, it probably isn't legal to post manufacturer's > disassembled DSDTs (it should really only include patches), and=20 well, if any manufacturer reads this, please raise your voice. :) only including patches whould also have a technical benefit: the file sizes would become smaller. so if you found some more supporters, i would update the pages, files and database as good as i can. the downside is that i cannot generate a diff =66rom the DSTDs where there is no "original" table provided. > in the second > that prevents using the list as a good source of the information you're l= ooking > for with lookups for manufacturer and model. It should exist somewhere, = and I > thought this was the place, but I guess not. hmm... it really is not thought of the place to "have a list where you can see how good ACPI works with which laptop". the focus is on offering fixed DSDTs for people not able to do that themselves. though it is true that you can use some data provided there to compile such a list... > So, yes, update the wiki InstallationReports page if you can. :-) agreed, you should use that, meanwhile... cheers, sebastian --=20 ::: sebastian henschel ::: kodeaffe ::: lynx -source http://www.kodeaffe.de/shensche.pub | gpg --import --NU0Ex4SbNnrxsi6C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+6Z/CreHfL3pi+bQRApuJAKCMHnfZYGW6Drbm+WnQyibH/R3wqgCfdi6Y s3HeqUO/08o17JyNZzLWw0g= =Wb19 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NU0Ex4SbNnrxsi6C-- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5