Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:34:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Angel Todorov <atodorov@acm.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP OmniBook XE3 ACPI Message-ID: <20030716123250.W27866@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20030716204606.2b5f8394.atodorov@acm.org> References: <20030716204606.2b5f8394.atodorov@acm.org>
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On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Angel Todorov wrote: > i have a question concerning the fbsd acpi support for HP omnibook > laptops. When i boot (5.1-RELEASE) with the acpi being enabled, the > machine just stops responding while the kernel is loading, but i can > load with ACPI being disabled without any problem. I was wondering > whether anyone has a solution for that. Thanks HPs have famously broken ACPI. I tried to fix it once but its a pretty serious structural issue in the DSDT having to do with child-before-parent initializations. Heck, the machines don't even run correctly under Windows. Unless you'd like to learn ASL, I suggest sticking with apm. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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