Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 11:20:14 -0600 From: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 5.1b2 Inst. Results on Dell i8500 Message-ID: <3ECD06CE.1090005@btc.adaptec.com> In-Reply-To: <20030522100612.X95471@root.org> References: <20030522100612.X95471@root.org>
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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
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