From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Black Subject: Re: HP-Compaq laptops and Linux ACPI (was RE: redhat comment about intel not taking patches?) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 12:10:07 -0600 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <3E4BDF7F.1090709@hp.com> References: <1045154118.14935.64.camel@carwash.duncangibb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Duncan Gibb Cc: "Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)" , Darren Benham , acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Duncan Gibb wrote: >Back in November I had an exchange of emails on this list and with >Richard Black at HP, during which we established that the main thing >that stops Linux ACPI working out-of-the-box on HP notebooks like my Evo >N800c is that the DSDT written into the BIOS on these boxes does not >comply with the ACPI spec. I sent details of some of the most obvious >violations - with references - to Richard, who said he's pass them on, >but I've heard nothing back. > > I still have the web page which lists some of the DSDT fixes needed based on previous communications on the mailing list: http://www.cpqlinux.com/acpi-howto.html I haven't been able to work on ACPI lately and my laptop (Pres 2701) with its current ACPI patches is able to autopoweroff on shutdown, and gives me battery status (my two main needs from ACPI). Again, I haven't had the time to be able to keep on top of the ACPI scene and to push for any DSDT fixes. I will see what I can do. -- Sincerely, Richard Black http://www.cpqlinux.com http://www.compaq.com/linux ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en