Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 21:23:55 +0200 From: "Peter Schuller" <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extra battery causes hangs (T40p, FreeBSD 5.1/CURRENT) Message-ID: <20030811192355.GB23117@infidyne.com> In-Reply-To: <20030811004931.R72106@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20030811013921.GB24952@infidyne.com> <20030811004931.R72106@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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Hello, > Are you swapping the CDROM and battery while FreeBSD is booted? FreeBSD > does not handle this at all and will get really upset if you attempt it. Nope. I did try it once to see if it would affect the hang problem, but otherwise no. > You'd have to examine the DSDT table (and perhaps other namespace tables, > and dmesg) to see exactly how the code path changes. Typically, though, > the ACPI device tree already has space reserved for two batteries even if > one is not present. Ok. Do you know of any documentation on how to do this? (I'm not a kernel hacker of any kind...) > > acpi_cmbat0: <Control method Battery> on acpi0 > > acpi_cmbat1: <Control method Battery> on acpi0 > > ok so both battery slots do register. Yeah. Thanks! -- / Peter Schuller, InfiDyne Technologies HB PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com>' Key retrival: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@scode.org E-Mail: peter.schuller@infidyne.com Web: http://www.scode.org
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