From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nate Lawson Subject: Re: _OSI boot hang Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:36:23 -0800 (PST) Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20040317143519.N3595@root.org> References: <3ACA40606221794F80A5670F0AF15F8401CBB748@PDSMSX403.ccr.corp.intel.com> <20040311200031.J67848@root.org> <1079073556.3868.37.camel@dhcppc4> <1079166150.2168.94.camel@dhcppc4> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1079166150.2168.94.camel-D2Zvc0uNKG8@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Len Brown Cc: Robert Moore , ACPI Developers List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.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 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click