From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 20 04:23:07 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C97716A407 for ; Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:23:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: from root.org (root.org [67.118.192.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0263C13C4C9 for ; Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:23:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: (qmail 33970 invoked from network); 20 Mar 2007 01:00:49 -0000 Received: from ppp-71-139-35-160.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net (HELO ?10.0.0.235?) (nate-mail@71.139.35.160) by root.org with ESMTPA; 20 Mar 2007 01:00:49 -0000 Message-ID: <45FF3239.7080808@root.org> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:00:41 -0700 From: Nate Lawson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061027) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eygene Ryabinkin References: <200703161256.23996.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <53B52415C756A84E8A169F0E3673A32925FF83@IMCSRV6.MITRE.ORG> <20070319163113.GB96806@codelabs.ru> <45FEF6A6.30209@root.org> In-Reply-To: <45FEF6A6.30209@root.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: acpi@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, Jung-uk Kim Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] ACPI-CA 20070126 import X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:23:07 -0000 Nate Lawson wrote: > Eygene Ryabinkin wrote: >> Jung-uk, good day. >> >>>> I will import ACPI-CA 20070126 from Intel some time next week. >>>> Current mega-patch against -CURRENT is here: >>>> >>>> http://people.freebsd.org/~jkim/acpica-import-20070126.diff.gz >>>> >>>> (Note: Sorry, I had to gzip(1) it because it was too big.) >>>> >>>> This patch should fix many ACPI issues in -CURRENT (ACPI-CA 20051021), >>>> most notably memory leak. Full change log for ACPI-CA from the last >>>> import is here: >>>> >>>> http://people.freebsd.org/~jkim/acpica_changes_20051021_20070126.txt >>>> >>>> I believe it is quite stable because I have been using this patch on >>>> my primary desktop and laptop for a while and it was tested on amd64, >>>> i386, and ia64. However, since the patch is huge, I may have missed >>>> something. If you find something wrong, please let me know before it >>>> is too late. ;-) >> On my Asus A2000D laptop the ACPI patch brought one regression: >> the backlight control buttons are stopped to do their job. Before >> the patch they used to work, but with some "delay": to actually >> increase the brightness of the screen I used to press the "increase >> brightness" button once and then push five or six times any other >> F-button (volume up/down, mute, change VGA source or the brightness >> control button) to get the brightness go up. So I got the feeling >> of some queue that was pushed by the pressing of additional buttons. >> But now the brightness controls are just stopped to work. > > I think it's not the acpi-ca patch, it's the recent acpi_ec.c change. > Try it with rev 1.68 of that file. > Or better, try with rev 1.71 that I just committed. Fixed a bug where we weren't re-enabling the GPE, which could cause exactly this issue. -- Nate