From: Nate Lawson <nate-Y6VGUYTwhu0@public.gmane.org>
To: Len Brown <len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Robert Moore
<robert.moore-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
ACPI Developers
<acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: _OSI boot hang
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:36:23 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040317143519.N3595@root.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1079166150.2168.94.camel-D2Zvc0uNKG8@public.gmane.org>
On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Len Brown wrote:
> _OSI is in the ACPI patch on kernel.org and bkbits right now.
>
> However, I find that on my Toshiba Satellite Pro, it causes boot to hang
> at Executing all Device _STA and_INI methods.
>
> >From ACPICA, it comes this way:
> drivers/acpi/utilities/utglobal.c
> const char
> *acpi_gbl_valid_osi_strings[ACPI_NUM_OSI_STRINGS] = {
> "Linux",
> "Windows 2000",
> "Windows 2001",
> "Windows 2001.1"};
That's not the right string for Win2k. It's:
"Microsoft Windows NT"
Since this is the most popular string, not emulating it is probably
causing some people problems.
-Nate
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-11 7:27 _OSI (Re: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/contrib/dev/acpica acfreebsd.h) Yu, Luming
[not found] ` <3ACA40606221794F80A5670F0AF15F8401CBB748-SRlDPOYGfgogGBtAFL8yw7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2004-03-12 4:00 ` Nate Lawson
[not found] ` <20040311200031.J67848-Y6VGUYTwhu0@public.gmane.org>
2004-03-12 6:39 ` Len Brown
[not found] ` <1079073556.3868.37.camel-D2Zvc0uNKG8@public.gmane.org>
2004-03-13 8:22 ` _OSI boot hang Len Brown
[not found] ` <1079166150.2168.94.camel-D2Zvc0uNKG8@public.gmane.org>
2004-03-13 9:37 ` Len Brown
2004-03-17 22:36 ` Nate Lawson [this message]
2004-03-17 22:45 ` _OSI (Re: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/contrib/dev/acpica acfreebsd.h) Nate Lawson
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2004-03-17 22:40 _OSI boot hang Moore, Robert
[not found] ` <CFF522B18982EA4481D3A3E23B83141C01F3FD59-sBd4vmA9Se6SsB6bSF6DdVDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>
2004-03-17 22:58 ` Nate Lawson
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