From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Renninger Subject: Re: DSDT Problems with Acer Aspire 1691WLMi Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 15:47:28 +0200 Message-ID: <42A05F70.6040907@suse.de> References: <1117711110.7363.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> <429F1315.80600@altern.org> <1117791345.7363.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> <42A0404F.4040207@altern.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <42A0404F.4040207-whniv8GeeGkdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> 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: DJAX Cc: ACPI , Daniel Solsona List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org DJAX wrote: > Daniel Solsona a =E9crit : >=20 >>Ok, I got a version of iasl taht compiled with no errors the custom dsd= t >>that I got from acpi.sourceforge >> >>I put it on initrd as I read somewhere and restarted computer after >>changing grub menu to get the new initrd. >>=20 >> > You must have ACPI_INITRD=3Dy in your /usr/src/linux/.config ( or > /proc/config.gz if you have enable CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=3Dy) >=20 > I put my DSDT.aml in my initrd.img that way: > ----------------8<---------------- > DSDT=3D/boot/DSDT.aml >=20 > cp initrd.img-2.6.11 initrd.img-2.6.11-ACPI > echo -n "INITRDDSDT123DSDT123" >> initrd.img-2.6.11-ACPI > cat $DSDT >> initrd.img-2.6.11-ACPI > echo -n "INITRDDSDT321DSDT321" >> initrd.img-2.6.11-ACPI > ---------------->8---------------- >=20 > In a verbose dmsg, you get something like: > ----------------8<---------------- > ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initrd... found (at offset 4788244)! > found customized DSDT with 27352 bytes! > ---------------->8---------------- >=20 > CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG has to be enable to have this message. >=20 > Else I know that it's my DSDT when I can see the battery state. >=20 >>But there is no change, I have the same problems as before. There is an= y >>way I can confirm that the new dsdt is loaded correctly? maybe getting >>dsdt from /proc/acpi/dsdt, decompiling and seeing if its the same as th= e >>custom dsdt? >>=20 Be aware that this won't work with a plain vanilla kernel. You'll need the DSDT in initrd patches from: http://gaugusch.at/kernel.shtml Your distribution may already contain this patch. Which distribution are you using that already contains the patch? Thanks, Thomas ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005