Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 15:19:12 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: "Georg-W. Koltermann" <gwk@rahn-koltermann.de> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: acpica 20040220 imported Message-ID: <20040303151842.R19709@root.org> In-Reply-To: <1078355378.1369.9.camel@localhost.muc.eu.mscsoftware.com> References: <20040228133559.J98261@root.org> <1078184386.1304.3.camel@localhost.muc.eu.mscsoftware.com> <1078355378.1369.9.camel@localhost.muc.eu.mscsoftware.com>
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On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Georg-W. Koltermann wrote: > Am Di, den 02.03.2004 schrieb Nate Lawson um 01:00: > > On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Georg-W. Koltermann wrote: > > > Too bad this was too late for 5.2.1, wasn't it? Is there a quick hack > > > how I could use the new ACPICA with 5.2.1, e.g. just cvs update -A a > > > couple files and directories? Ore are you planning a MFC to RELENG_5_2? > > > > No plans to MFC since it doesn't count as a security fix. You can > > probably get by with just updating sys/dev/acpica and > > sys/contrib/dev/acpica to -CURRENT but no guarantees. > > Didn't work. Building the kernel gave me undefined symbols .D_VERSION > and D_NEEDGIANT or some such -- I didn't record the exact messages. > Well, it was worth to try. > > > > I've been suffering the battery status problem, and suspend/resume never > > > worked for me as well -- Compaq Evo N800w. > > > > I thought there were no problems with the battery in 5.2 or 5.2.1. In any > > case, if you have problems, you can revert > > sys/contrib/dev/acpica/dsmthdat.c to 1.1.1.17 and that will probably work > > also (vs. updating to -current). > > Ineffective. But I can get battery status to work by briefly taking out > the battery and then back in. Of course this is only possible while on > AC, and a working battery status is much more interesting when I *don't* > have AC available. > > Thanks for your help anyway. In that case, I recommend you run 5.3-RELEASE. :) -Nate
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