From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 22 23:51:57 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 D19EA37B401 for ; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 23:51:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pcwin002.win.tue.nl (pcwin002.win.tue.nl [131.155.71.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3A5043FAF for ; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 23:51:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stijn@pcwin002.win.tue.nl) Received: from pcwin002.win.tue.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pcwin002.win.tue.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5N6qNKX037804; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 08:52:23 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stijn@pcwin002.win.tue.nl) Received: (from stijn@localhost) by pcwin002.win.tue.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h5N6qK4j037803; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 08:52:20 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 08:52:20 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop To: "Kenneth D. Merry" Message-ID: <20030623065220.GE31020@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <20030620221309.GA31020@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <20030622213532.A50385@panzer.kdm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="x4pBfXISqBoDm8sr" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030622213532.A50385@panzer.kdm.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Bright-Idea: Let's abolish HTML mail! cc: Mike Sturdee cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: acpi patch for dell laptop? 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: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 06:51:58 -0000 --x4pBfXISqBoDm8sr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 09:35:32PM -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 00:13:10 +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 05:29:30PM -0400, Mike Sturdee wrote: > > > Where can I find the latest, greatest patch that fixes this? > >=20 > > Try this URL: > >=20 > > http://sandcat.nl/~stijn/freebsd/dell.php > >=20 > > and let me know if it works. >=20 > It seems to work for me. The ACPI warnings about zero length buffers go > away at least. Great. Do you also have working battery status now? > I've got a Dell Inspirion 8500, A03 BIOS. I've added this model to the confirmed working model list on the page. I've also added the models from the rest of the reports. Thanks to all the people who submitted their report! Maybe it is time to think about an integrated kernel database of bad ACPI hardware, so that people won't have to search on the mailing lists/web to get their laptop to work? --Stijn --=20 Tact, n.: The unsaid part of what you're thinking. --x4pBfXISqBoDm8sr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+9qOkY3r/tLQmfWcRAqoqAJ44qw1T5Q3tMYyp9OnolR85X7nQhgCfVwzm 9mvpRQaacQg5/EH4rEARXd8= =bMbD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --x4pBfXISqBoDm8sr--