From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 18 07:49:29 2003 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 0CC5516A4CE for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 07:49:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from poup.poupinou.org (poup.poupinou.org [195.101.94.96]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 005D343D36 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 07:49:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ducrot@poupinou.org) Received: from ducrot by poup.poupinou.org with local (Exim) id 1AX0Or-0006Sn-00; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 16:49:17 +0100 Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 16:49:17 +0100 To: Dorin H Message-ID: <20031218154917.GI14031@poupinou.org> References: <20031217094437.O14934@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20031217200017.79982.qmail@web12605.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031217200017.79982.qmail@web12605.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Ducrot Bruno cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2Current: ACPI: tables not found on Intel AL44LX 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, 18 Dec 2003 15:49:29 -0000 On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 12:00:17PM -0800, Dorin H wrote: > > --- Doug White wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Dorin H wrote: > > > > > I know that probably many machines (espeacially > > old > > > ones, like mine) fail to work with ACPI. > > Nevertheless > > > I would be happy to play with/test it, or at > > least > > > understand what happens, if I'll be able to make > > it > > > move. > > > > In your case, it is not supported in any way. > > I have sent the previous email in the hope that I > could find more about "how" it is not supported:). I > see it doesn't work for now :) > > > Don't > > try to load ACPI since > > it will never work, unless there is a BIOS update > > for your system to, say, > > add Win2k compatibility. > > > Ok, ok, according to this page, > > http://home.earthlink.net/~billselk/al440lx/bios.html > > the support for ACPI (partial, broken, or complete - I > really want to find out) is supported from version 11 > of the BIOS. My computer came with 11, but I hoped > that the last release (18, that page is outdated) will > support better the ACPI. It is just that I am > tracking the current on this old machine, and of > course I would like to try all the goodies :). Maybe > do some testing one day:) > I haev seen old machines where you have to enable acpi via a bios option, but YMMV. Cheers, -- Ducrot Bruno -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? -- Don't know. Don't care.