From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 28 15:23:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6011316A4D0; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 15:23:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from mhub-w6.tc.umn.edu (mhub-w6.tc.umn.edu [160.94.160.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F63543D54; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 15:23:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ryans@gamersimpact.com) Received: from [24.107.70.120] by mhub-w6.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 17:23:17 -0600 From: Ryan Sommers To: Scott Long In-Reply-To: <3FEF5981.8040103@freebsd.org> References: <200312282215.hBSMFPYS067707@repoman.freebsd.org> <3FEF5981.8040103@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1072653793.667.9.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 17:23:13 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: Nate Lawson cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/acpica acpi_cpu.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 23:23:20 -0000 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 =-