From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 5 12:33:23 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 D620016A4CE; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 12:33:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E91D243D2D; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 12:33:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (warner@rover2.village.org [10.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i05KXIET039873; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 13:33:19 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 13:33:15 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20040105.133315.89067481.imp@bsdimp.com> To: obrien@FreeBSD.org From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <20040105184940.GA29017@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20040105090152.GG74113@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <20040105091847.S22517@root.org> <20040105184940.GA29017@dragon.nuxi.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.3 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: njl@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: nate@root.org cc: cvs-src@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 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 20:33:24 -0000 In message: <20040105184940.GA29017@dragon.nuxi.com> "David O'Brien" writes: : 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. The patched AML doesn't work as well for me as does this change. Warner