Re: Toshiba ACPI battery status - ACPI errors

[Bernt Hansen <bernt-CNteSEi18yz3fQ9qLvQP4Q@public.gmane.org>]

Jun,

I'd be happy to provide any data to get this problem fixed... how do I
generate an ACPI dump?  I've never done that before.

Bernt

On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 01:04:22PM -0800, Nakajima, Jun wrote:
> I suspect this is a known issue with AML code from Toshiba. Their _STA
> does not return a value explicitly, but (wrongly) expects the AML
> interpreter to get the return value returned by the function _STA is
> calling, like
> 	Method (_STA, ....) {
> 		AAA(...)
> 	}
> Instead of 
> 	Method (_STA, ....) {
> 		Return (AAA(...))
> 	}
> 
> If you can provide ACPI dump data of the machine, that would be helpful
> when identifying the cause. Copy the ACPI mailing list and Len.
-- 
Bernt Hansen     Norang Consulting Inc.


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