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Date:      Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:19:44 -0500
From:      Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        huangxiangkui@gmail.com, "Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@intel.com>
Subject:   Re: How can I fix these problems of the asl of my computer?
Message-ID:  <200602151819.47034.jkim@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <971FCB6690CD0E4898387DBF7552B90E045DA997@orsmsx403.amr.corp.intel.com>
References:  <971FCB6690CD0E4898387DBF7552B90E045DA997@orsmsx403.amr.corp.intel.com>

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On Wednesday 15 February 2006 06:06 pm, Moore, Robert wrote:
> I had a sneaking suspicion that MS might be involved in this.

:-)

> I can add these to the compiler's reserved list to eliminate future
> warnings.

Great.

> BTW, I meant that most everyone goes nearly blind attempting to
> read the ACPI spec.

Yes, I think I am going to be the next victim. ;-)

Jung-uk Kim

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jung-uk Kim [mailto:jkim@FreeBSD.org]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:58 PM
> > To: freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.org
> > Cc: Moore, Robert; huangxiangkui@gmail.com
> > Subject: Re: How can I fix these problems of the asl of my
> > computer?
> >
> > On Wednesday 15 February 2006 05:39 pm, Moore, Robert wrote:
> > > ze2205au.asl  4138:             Name (_WDG, Buffer (0x50)
> > > Warning  2033 -    Unknown reserved name ^  (_WDG)
> > >
> > > ze2205au.asl  4699:             Method (_WED, 1, NotSerialized)
> > > Warning  2033 -      Unknown reserved name ^  (_WED)
> >
> > This is a very common problem with all recent HP/Compaq laptops:
> > http://gentoo-wiki.com/Talk:HOWTO_Fix_Common_ACPI_Problems
> >
> > > 2) Ignore the warnings. Your BIOS writers did not read the ACPI
> > > spec or became blind sometime in the middle of it, highly
> > > probable.
> > >
> > > :-)
> >
> > No, they are not blind.  They just work for the dark side. ;-)
> >
> > Both _WDG and _WED are Microsoft extensions:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/wmi/wmi-acpi.mspx
> >
> > Jung-uk Kim



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