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Date:      Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:34:17 -0400 (EDT)
From:      john@utzweb.net
To:        "Nate Lawson" <nate@root.org>
Cc:        freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: debug.acpi.avoid, how do i use it to tell acpi to not control the keyboard?
Message-ID:  <34543.69.93.78.27.1150155257.squirrel@69.93.78.27>
In-Reply-To: <448DD256.7040307@root.org>
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> John L.Utz III wrote:
>> At Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:17:11 -0700,
>> Nate Lawson wrote:
>> wouldnt this be the one to avoid, assuming that 'KBC' is
>> KeyboardController?
>>
>>                 Device (KBC)
>>                 {
>>                     Name (_HID, EisaId ("PNP0303"))
>>                     Name (CRS, ResourceTemplate ()
>>                     {
>>                         IO (Decode16, 0x0060, 0x0060, 0x10, 0x01)
>>                         IO (Decode16, 0x0064, 0x0064, 0x04, 0x01)
>>                         IRQNoFlags () {1}
>>                     })
>>                     Method (_CRS, 0, NotSerialized)
>>                     {
>>                         Return (CRS)
>>                     }
>>                 }
>>
>>
>>
>> can you clarify your comment a trifle?
>
> It would take a long time to explain it fully.  ACPI is not controlling
> your keyboard.  The BIOS just decides whether or not to send ACPI hotkey
> events (different from keystrokes) or consume them itself via SMI.

so, the act of loading acpi.ko implements a callback for the bios that
informs it that an acpi cognizant os is available?

it seems to me that i would like to tell it to not use acpi and stick with
smi because if i dont load acpi the buttons work almost perfectly. the
only bit of grief i have is that without acpi, the powerbutton shuts off
hard instead of performing a shutdown

> For some reason, the notify isn't getting delivered to ACPI along
> the way.

some do, some dont, suspend get's responded to, power button get's
responded to.

what commands do i use to break on buttons in acpidb?

> Upgrade your BIOS?

A12 is as new as it gets. :-(  vintage 2004, a fine year. :-)

> --
> Nate
>
>





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