Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:03:24 -0700 From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: "Dana H. Myers" <dana.myers@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Alienware acpi problem Message-ID: <44C8F1DC.8050201@root.org> In-Reply-To: <44C7C8DA.3090402@gmail.com> References: <20060724215014.GA89464@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <200607241823.24477.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060725201556.GA97140@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <200607261505.38960.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060726192106.GA4693@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <44C7C8DA.3090402@gmail.com>
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Dana H. Myers wrote: > Steve Kargl wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 03:05:38PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: >>> You have some of the most incompetent BIOS writers I've ever seen working on >>> your machine I'm afraid. >> It's a Phoenix BIOS. > > Actually, I don't think Phoenix gets all the blame. I believe > that Phoenix provides a toolkit which board manufacturers customize. > So it's probably not Phoenix writing the bum ASL you're seeing. That's correct. Phoenix produces a tool that has some example ASL. The Chinese/Taiwanese company that actually makes the laptop (e.g., Compal) subcontracts out the BIOS customization to an small firm (2 guys) that bang on it until it boots Windows. -- Nate
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