Re: can i try a merge of two dsdt?

[Nate Lawson <nate-Y6VGUYTwhu0@public.gmane.org>]

On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Alessandro wrote:
> hi,
> i have a problem (a problem? many problems.. =\) with my acer aspire
> 1703SM on freeBSD with ACPI.

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> If I don't overwrite the DSDT with the one i found for acer aspire
> 1703SC i get the floppy and the temperature indicator to work but the
> batery status is always at zero.
> If I overwrite my real DSDT whit the DSDT for aspire 1703SC I found that
> the batery method work properly.. but the system cannot recognize the
> floppy and the temperature indicator is always at 0.0°C.

> My idea is: can i merge my DSDT and the aspire 1703SC DSDT and then
> recompile the resultant DSDT?
> If it is possible.. where can i get more documentation about it?

You could probably compare the _BST methods for the two and merge the one
in the working DSDT into your stock DSDT.  If that works for you, send me
a diff because I'm curious what the error is in your stock DSDT.  (Perhaps
it can be worked around.)

-Nate


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