From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: n0p Subject: Fwd: Linux Kernels 2.6.8.1/2.6.9 ACPI bug Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 10:15:34 +0100 Message-ID: <5a23d8070411080115659ed9b6@mail.gmail.com> References: <5a23d8070411050311ff5f669@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: n0p Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <5a23d8070411050311ff5f669-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@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: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi there I CC'ed this mail to the people that appeared in the kernel source credits file that appeared to be implicated in developing ACPI support for linux, if i sent it to the wrong person/people, please tell me where I can find the coorect person. ->Dominick Brodowski sugested me to send this message to this mailing list, so there it goes Also forgive my bad english, i'm spanish :P Well, i found that in the kernel 2.6.8.1 and 2.6.9, the ACPI behiavor is really weird. I use a compaq nx9010 laptop with a VIA 7101 chipset with a 3.06 Pentium 4 Mobile proccessor running a recently updated SuSE 9 with a 2.6.8.1 and now a 2.6.9 kernel compiled fron the original www.kernel.org sources with no patches. Well, It seems that the ACPI locks on startup (i.e. the battery status) and won't change the reading until i issue about 5 or 6 times "acpi -V". Also similar things happen to the proccessor ACPI performance-states, that won=B4t change until i issue the (i.e.) echo 0 > /proc/acpi/proccessor/CPU0/performance many times. Also the buttons in the keyboard to modify the LCD brightness have a sluggish behiavor and sometimes they are like being alive! These aren't really important issues, but i'd like to help in everything I can to the development of open source projects. Contact me for anything you want, and go on, you are doing a really good wo= rk. Luis Bernal. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click