From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 5 10:50:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4195216A4D0; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 10:50:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 013F043D5D; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 10:49:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i05IngvT029074; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 10:49:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i05InfD9029073; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 10:49:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 10:49:40 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Nate Lawson Message-ID: <20040105184940.GA29017@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <200401040635.i046Z1e2086058@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040105090152.GG74113@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <20040105091847.S22517@root.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040105091847.S22517@root.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org cc: Nate Lawson cc: src-committers@freebsd.org cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/contrib/dev/acpica dsmthdat.c X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 18:50:01 -0000 On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 09:19:51AM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote: > > > Modified files: (Branch: INTEL) > > > sys/contrib/dev/acpica dsmthdat.c > > > Log: > > > Fix for "UtAllocate: Attempt to allocate zero bytes" warnings on Dell > > > laptops that resulted in problems reading battery status. Don't > > > copy Buffers, Packages, or Regions in DsStoreObjectToLocal(). > > > > > > Tested by: scottl, sam > > > Submitted by: Luming Yu (Intel) > > > > Does this obsolete Mark Santcroos' patch available from my page > > (http://sandcat.nl/~stijn/freebsd/dell.php)? If so, I'll add a note to > > that effect to the page. Unfortunately I won't have time to test this myself, > > so I'd appreciate it if someone else can verify this. > > Yes, I believe it does. However, it breaks my T23's battery state due to > the refcount change. So I don't think this fix will stay in this form. A loader tunable? That's certainly easier for Dell owners than patching their AML. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)