From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Toshiba ACPI battery status - ACPI errors Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 16:25:10 -0500 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20031124212510.GA9628@norang.ca> References: <7F740D512C7C1046AB53446D37200173618752@scsmsx402.sc.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7F740D512C7C1046AB53446D37200173618752-exJ48ZlmiLrcnAH0NVKmOFDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: "Nakajima, Jun" Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , ACPI Developers , "Brown, Len" List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.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. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/