From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ron Arts Subject: Fixing my DSDT. Do I have to learn another language? Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:22:57 +0100 Message-ID: <439BEFF1.1040607@netland.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1; boundary="------------ms050904040402030902050903" Return-path: 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: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms050904040402030902050903 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, I own a Uniwill 255II3, and occasionally my system thinks the battery is almost empty (XP has the same problem on this laptop BTW). Looking at the syslog I get about every minute: Dec 11 09:51:05 raarts-ttec kernel: ACPI-0412: *** Error: Handler for [EmbeddedControl] returned AE_TIME Dec 11 09:51:05 raarts-ttec kernel: ACPI-0508: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.BAT0._BST] (Node c145c9e0), AE_TIME I found out about DSDT's, and determined that mine must contain errors, I need to fix it, and boot my system with the fixed table. I dumped my current DSDT, decompiled mine using iasl and looked at it. This is where I am now. I have looked at the ACPI spec, and this spec is 631 pages. Do I have to learn this language to fix the fact that my system occasionally thinks it has an empty battery? Maybe someone can give me a hint on how to handle it? I made it available here: http://www.netland.nl/download/dsdt.dsl (temporary link). Another question (sorry): I also own some Apple iBooks. When I close the lid, they go into a state where the laptop only preserves its RAM image, and when I open the lid the system is back within 3 seconds. An iBook can stay this way for a week, before the battery wears out. Can I get this to work on this Uniwill laptop with Intel Pentium M processor and 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV chipset? Will it last just as long as the iBook? I am disappointed by the fact that these Intel laptops continuously spin up their cooling fan, this is very annoying. People I talk to seem to take this for granted, but The iBooks I have used to far were totally quiet, and the fan almost never needed to kick in. So I am trying every trick in the book to let it run cooler. 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