From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: DJA Subject: Re: ACPI on Averatec 2370 Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:26:37 -0700 Message-ID: <46BA6D4D.4060408@codermotor.com> References: <20070808000631.GB7353@one.firstfloor.org> <200708081642.00581.joachim.deguara@amd.com> <5ebbd9b50708081652h55c85f9avab4500391c6b7ee0@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from fed1rmmtai111.cox.net ([68.230.241.49]:62870 "EHLO fed1rmmtai111.cox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751269AbXHIDAq (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Aug 2007 23:00:46 -0400 Received: from fed1rmimpo02.cox.net ([70.169.32.72]) by fed1rmmtao102.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20070809012641.GZUM7193.fed1rmmtao102.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 21:26:41 -0400 In-Reply-To: <5ebbd9b50708081652h55c85f9avab4500391c6b7ee0@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Kernel ACPI Mailing List Frank Hale wrote: > I have the latest BIOS update for my laptop which is buggy I suppose. > There has been only one update this year if my memory serves me > correctly. Is there any hope to fix this or am I at the mercy of the > hardware vendor which apparenlty doesn't look like they will release > another patch this year. Please forgive me as I am not a kernel > developer but a concerned user. I've sacrificed ACPI in favor of SMP > at this point, I don't know what it's buying me but the kernel boots > and works fine with the draw back that I have no ACPI and I have to > manually power the computer down by pressing the power button when it > halts. I can live with that if that is the solution but I haven't > really tracked as far as the high level dev stuff goes in this thread > and don't know what the solution might be. Since you mention it, I have exactly the same problem with a Toshiba Tecra 8000 running FC6. shutdown -r works fine, halt does not. -- Best Regards, ~DJA.