From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: dmidecode (Acer Aspire 5050) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:55:26 -0500 Message-ID: <200801212355.26301.lenb@kernel.org> References: <1195031290.6446.1.camel@ITmanager> <200801212133.32483.lenb@kernel.org> <47955F6E.1090208@neptuneconcept.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:53646 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753480AbYAVE4K convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:56:10 -0500 In-Reply-To: <47955F6E.1090208@neptuneconcept.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Philippe Didier Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Monday 21 January 2008 22:13, Philippe Didier wrote: > I managed to boot with acpi_osi=3D!Linux (and not =3DLinux as you wr= ote=20 > before). I send you an extract of my /var/log/messages ... look at th= e=20 > first and the last line. It seems that the option is here but the BIO= S=20 > is still doing its way,,, > Jan 22 09:46:26 IT-Manager kernel: [ =C2=A0 =C2=A00.000000] Kernel co= mmand line: root=3DUUID=3Da19a083e-69cd-4384-a52a-b70a43d4235a ro quiet= splash acpi_osi=3D!Linux=20 > Jan 22 09:46:26 IT-Manager kernel: [ =C2=A0 =C2=A00.000000] ACPI: Dis= abled _OSI(Linux) This means that your cmdline override worked. It also means that OSI(Linux) was enabled, which means you were running= 2.6.22. > Jan 22 09:46:26 IT-Manager kernel: [ =C2=A0 =C2=A00.652000] ACPI: Sys= tem BIOS is requesting _OSI(Linux) > Jan 22 09:46:26 IT-Manager kernel: [ =C2=A0 =C2=A00.652000] ACPI: Ple= ase test with "acpi_osi=3D!Linux" this also means that you are running 2.6.22, which had OSI(Linux) enabl= ed by default and wasn't smart enough to change the line above when there was a cmdli= ne override. 2.6.23 is just as dumb, but with the opposite polarity:-) The patch for 2.6.24 will be a little more clever, and I'll probably send it to 2.6.23.stable as well... thanks, -Len - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html