From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 29 02:30:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC7F816A4CE for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 02:30:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.198.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8895743D53 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 02:30:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from interjet.elischer.org ([24.7.73.28]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2004012910300001300anr3ie>; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 10:30:00 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.elischer.org [127.0.0.1]) by InterJet.elischer.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id CAA14495; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 02:30:00 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 02:29:59 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: Taku YAMAMOTO In-Reply-To: <20040129060727.619f3866.taku@cent.saitama-u.ac.jp> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: API to turn off the display X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 10:30:20 -0000 On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Taku YAMAMOTO wrote: > > I wrote a driver that handles what John told. > > http://access.cent.saitama-u.ac.jp/~taku/freebsd/acpi_vid-20031013.tar.gz > MD5 (acpi_vid-20031013.tar.gz) = adbfa6931e505544fb784e00c7b974e7 > > This driver uses ACPI video extension to control display switching and > backlight brightness. So working ACPI is a requisition for this driver. > > Whether it does or does not work depends heavily on how well the BIOS written, > however, I hope it worth trying. > > Suggestions, working/not-working reports etc are very appreciated. Dell 7500 Inspiron.. no luck: jules# sysctl hw.acpi.video sysctl: unknown oid 'hw.acpi.video' jules# kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 10 0xc0400000 385178 kernel 2 2 0xc0786000 4fc04 acpi.ko 3 2 0xc2967000 19000 linux.ko 4 1 0xc29a7000 2000 rtc.ko 5 1 0xc29ad000 4000 if_tap.ko 6 1 0xc39c3000 4000 acpi_vid.ko jules# I guess it just doesn;t have a video section.. unless of course the erros I see at boot stop it from working.. I see: Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: fdc0: port 0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_S B_.PCI0.PX41.SECN.SLAV._STA] (Node 0xc27acc60), AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_S B_.PCI0.PX41.SECN.SLAV._STA] (Node 0xc27acc60), AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-0440: *** Error: Handler for [EmbeddedControl ] returned AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-0440: *** Error: Handler for [EmbeddedControl ] returned AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_S B_.PCI0.PX40.SIO_.FDC_.FDDA._STA] (Node 0xc27a98a0), AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_S B_.PCI0.PX40.SIO_.FDC_.FDDA._STA] (Node 0xc27a98a0), AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_S B_.PCI0.PX41.SECN.SLAV._STA] (Node 0xc27acc60), AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_S B_.PCI0.PX41.SECN.SLAV._STA] (Node 0xc27acc60), AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-0440: *** Error: Handler for [EmbeddedControl ] returned AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_S B_.PCI0.PX40.SIO_.FDC_.FDDA._STA] (Node 0xc27a98a0), AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_S B_.PCI0.PX40.SIO_.FDC_.FDDA._STA] (Node 0xc27a98a0), AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-0440: *** Error: Handler for [EmbeddedControl ] returned AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_S B_.PCI0.PX40.SIO_.FDC_.FDDA._STA] (Node 0xc27a98a0), AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_S B_.PCI0.PX40.SIO_.FDC_.FDDA._STA] (Node 0xc27a98a0), AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-0440: *** Error: Handler for [EmbeddedControl ] returned AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_S B_.PCI0.PX40.SIO_.FDC_.FDDA._STA] (Node 0xc27a98a0), AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_S B_.PCI0.PX40.SIO_.FDC_.FDDA._STA] (Node 0xc27a98a0), AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-0440: *** Error: Handler for [EmbeddedControl ] returned AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_S B_.PCI0.PX40.SIO_.FDC_.FDDA._STA] (Node 0xc27a98a0), AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_S B_.PCI0.PX40.SIO_.FDC_.FDDA._STA] (Node 0xc27a98a0), AE_NO_HARDWARE_RESPONSE Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: pmtimer0 on isa0 Jan 28 23:52:31 jules kernel: orm0: