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Subject: Re: FBSD 5.1b2 Inst. Results on Dell i8500
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> Your patch works wonderfully on my Dell 8200.  What are the risks of the
> patch?  I'd like to put it into 5.1 if possible.

No, please do not add this patch.  It was authored by Mark Santcroos
<marks@ripe.net> and is a reduction in correctness.  See this message
where the correct thing to do is to add RefOf() and DerefOf() to the ASL.

http://home.jp.freebsd.org/cgi-bin/showmail/acpi-jp/2258

-Nate