Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 17:23:13 -0600 From: Ryan Sommers <ryans@gamersimpact.com> To: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/acpica acpi_cpu.c Message-ID: <1072653793.667.9.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3FEF5981.8040103@freebsd.org> References: <200312282215.hBSMFPYS067707@repoman.freebsd.org> <3FEF5981.8040103@freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 16:30, Scott Long wrote: > My Dell 8200 laptop used to work reasonably well with ACPI, the only > problem being that the ASL was doing the pass-by-reference/pass-by-value > mixup that resulted in a lot of 'cannot allcoate 0 byte' problems. With > a patch that worked around this, most acpi functions seemed to work. > With the latest ACPI, the patch that I had seems to have been > integrated, but now there are new problems. The battery reporting seems > to no longer work, and I get a lot of the following > messages on the console: > > -0166: *** Error: UtAllocate: Attempt to allocate zero bytes > > What information do you need to track this down? > > Scott > Try: http://sandcat.nl/~stijn/freebsd/dell.php It's a patch for the DSDT. Only problem I seem to have on my 8200 (I'm on now and always) is the battery reads 118% when it's on AC. Other then that all the hardware seems to work well. The touchpad sometimes likes to wigout and go crazy for a few moments but returns to normal a secon later. -- Ryan "leadZERO" Sommers Gamer's Impact President ryans@gamersimpact.com ICQ: 1019590 AIM/MSN: leadZERO -= http://www.gamersimpact.com =-
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