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Subject: Re: FBSD 5.1b2 Inst. Results on Dell i8500
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Nate Lawson wrote:
>>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

Ok, thanks for the information.  Unfortunately, the current ACPI drop
has the appearance of being a bit of a regression for many people.  If
this implies that lots of ASL/AML out there is buggy, it still won't be
very satisfying for users.  What is an acceptable solution here?

Scott