Re: ACPI stops working after memory upgrade vpr Matrix 175b4

Sergey Vlasov
2004-02-04T16:18:08Z

On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 07:39:41 -0800 Randy.Dunlap wrote:

> < Recompile your DSDT. Since the amount of RAM changed and you're probably
> < using old DSDT containing wrong addresses, no wonder you're hitting
> < errors.
>
> Is this correct? If a user adds or removes memory, then the
> DSDT must be rebuilt? Sheesh!! That's bad if this is correct.

Many BIOSes patch the DSDT according to the system configuration (e.g.
rename \_S3 to something other if Suspend to RAM is disabled in the
setup). Probably some BIOSes put the memory size into DSDT this
way...