From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 20 15:46:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E458106566B for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:46:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pisymbol@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1BBF8FC28 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:46:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pisymbol@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so608234ywe.13 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:46:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=EgEb82dFWda3p6mykh+0JwDFBffrIsRc/6GkQPa9I7E=; b=rQZOFLsub/6LpNn1GkNH+nqiF7GnBZ8ExQD0E55NP8vyy7v6gopdEJpkQfrS5xIDCx iOFU5F0IIHTRM9A2RZtV12ccHgaAEkAozGqzdSNvcxqs37qWIqCxpOVW18/HXaDyOGq8 cmOMVte2xK1HTxOZcqevoYxjnbaRqVmICqhnI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=Ed++wwmYwS7xNy+VIKV1IlfwJSGh4Dd3Q9mynNp/79P9vIY2+/b2W56/SMha/aXFk4 WBG1lzVFwhUdM3mkD+5/PBRfNK2/LKzboR/uhh6WgIQIJbxPnlu/NpOxX9hlakQZuYkA H1gcItBJoBibw5IyvYbLPK4TMKDTkFWCTMkRE= Received: by 10.210.56.10 with SMTP id e10mr3185736eba.20.1213976817118; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:46:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.210.22.4 with HTTP; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:46:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3c0b01820806200846j3cab7b60j447e798ac415bba4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:46:57 -0400 From: "Alexander Sack" To: "Pietro Cerutti" In-Reply-To: <485BCEAB.4030907@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3c0b01820806200743r79a246e9h7500d1d1889c0fb3@mail.gmail.com> <485BCA10.5010801@FreeBSD.org> <18032095.post@talk.nabble.com> <485BCEAB.4030907@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ACPI CA Embedded Controller (EC) error messages MSI notebook X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:46:59 -0000 On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > |> I have a MSI-1034 (M662) Core2 Duo. Attached is my (patched) asl. Dunno > |> if it can be of any use for you, though.... > |> > |> > | > | Thanks Pietro, I really appreciate this. Can I ask by chance, does this > | turn on your battery indicator light on your front panel on your MSI > | notebook? > > This was working anyway, IIRC. Ah yea well mine is now completely off charging or not.... :(! I thought this could be related to the status handler for the battery but on second thought this maybe something else. > | > | Also, what's the downside of changing ASL? Can I brick my notebook? > I just > | have to ask since I am assuming I will be changing the underlying AML > | generated which I suppose can cause chaos (i.e. I want to make sure I can > | reset it). > > No, it just changes the ACPI code used by the operating system. It > doesn't modify anything in your laptop. If it doesn't work, just disable > it and reboot :) Ah, I got it. I get confused. The ASL is groked by the core CA (which provides the main table API for the kernel). Duh! (my ACPI is rusty) Ok, let me look at it some more and see if I can integrate it in for the battery status section...I'd like to try to get this notebook to be fully functional if possible! -aps