From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ville =?iso-8859-1?Q?Syrj=E4l=E4?= Subject: Re: Re: New SmartBattery DSDT-based controller Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:52:27 +0200 Message-ID: <20050131155227.GA6575@sci.fi> References: <41FBDDE2.1050403@bartol.udel.edu> <20050131151235.GB1145@poupinou.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Johan Vromans Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 04:39:09PM +0100, Johan Vromans wrote: > Bruno Ducrot writes: >=20 > > That means that if someone owns a tm4502lmi, but different amount of > > RAM, then all of those ORs will likely fail. >=20 > Interesting. So if I take my notebook to the dealer to add another > 512Mb of RAM, they replace the DSDT as well? No, the BIOS modifies the DSDT. This also happens for other stuff like=20 enabling and disabling intergrated peripherals from the BIOS. At least on= =20 one of my laptops the BIOS renames some of the device's methods when the=20 device is disabled (_PRS -> B_PR, _DIS -> B_DI etc.) --=20 Ville Syrj=E4l=E4 syrjala-ORSVBvAovxo@public.gmane.org http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl