_INI and _REG?

_INI and _REG?

[Nate Lawson]

Does ACPI-CA call _INI on ThermalZone objects?  I found a ThermalZone with
an _INI method, which I hadn't seen before.

Does it call _REG on Device objects or is that up to the OS?  The EC on
this system has a _REG object that appears to affect behavior.

Finally, does anyone have a Gateway 400 SD4 with working fans?

Thanks,
Nate


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Re: _INI and _REG?

[Ducrot Bruno]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 10:36:29AM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote:
> Does ACPI-CA call _INI on ThermalZone objects?  I found a ThermalZone with
> an _INI method, which I hadn't seen before.

I don't think so (but I am perhaps wrong).  A thermal zone is not a
device.

> Does it call _REG on Device objects or is that up to the OS?  The EC on
> this system has a _REG object that appears to affect behavior.

Normally, _REG() is called by the OS, but I have seen some AML that
call _REG though with a _INI() (a thinkpad, IIRC) depending of the
content of _OS or the return of _OSI().


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Ducrot Bruno

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