Re: [Pcihpd-discuss] Re: [patch 0/4] Hot Dock/Undock support

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

Hi!

> > > Hope this helps.
> > >                                               Pavel
> >
> >
> > so the problem that I see is that this dsdt defines two separate dock
> > devices, one outside the scope of pci, and one within it.  The one
> > outside the scope of pci defines the _EJ0 and _DCK methods.  So, when
> > acpiphp loads, it scans the pci slots for ejectable slots, finds none
> > (because _EJ0 is defined in the dock device that is outside the scope of
> > pci) and exits.  This dsdt is different from the others I've used in
> > that most of them define all methods related to docking under the actual
> > dock bridge (within the scope of pci).  perhaps some acpi people can
> > shed some light on the best way to handle this - otherwise I'm sure I
> > can hack something up that will be less than acceptable :).
> >
> 
> ACPI has (had?) a braindamage - it drops devices that do not present
> when initially scanning ACPI namespace. So if you boot undocked - too
> bad. Driver won't ever see your docking station.

I think I booted docked....

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Thanks, Sharp!