From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 18 22:31: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.122.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15FE437B402 for ; Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:31:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.11.3/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g1J6VSx07158; Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:31:28 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:31:27 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Terry Lambert Cc: Rob , Dag-Erling Smorgrav , "freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Why is Python slower on FreeBSD than Windows?/Terry is a genius:) In-Reply-To: <3C6F8896.CDB8A2FE@mindspring.com> Message-ID: <20020218222817.Y2222-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> X-All-Your-Base: are belong to us MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Good luck. The Vaios are infamous for having bad ACPI implementations. > > Works in Windows: Not a VAIO problem, it's a FreeBSD > problem. We're just ahead of the curve. Windows doesnt use 90% of ACPI ATM. Intel provided a full ACPI interpretation implementation and we support most of the devices and features. Linux uses the same implementation and has the same bugs, so hopefully the combined force can convince hardware makers to at least test their DSDTs. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message