From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 27 17:41:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F248116A4DA for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:41:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.208.78.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B56843D55 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:41:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost.apl.washington.edu [127.0.0.1]) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k6RHcr8b013173; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:38:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.13.7/8.13.7/Submit) id k6RHcrZo013172; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:38:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk) Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:38:53 -0700 From: Steve Kargl To: Nate Lawson Message-ID: <20060727173853.GA13115@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> 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> <44C8F1DC.8050201@root.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44C8F1DC.8050201@root.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alienware acpi problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:41:04 -0000 On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 10:03:24AM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote: > 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. Well, given the ASL that I put up at my website, is there any hope of patching it? -- Steve