From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 3 07:34:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6969D37B404 for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 07:34:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail15.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.215]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAEED43FD7 for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 07:34:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 29235 invoked from network); 3 Jul 2003 14:34:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )encrypted SMTP for ; 3 Jul 2003 14:34:19 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h63EYHGI080925; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 10:34:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20030702162816.Q90754@root.org> Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 10:34:31 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Nate Lawson cc: acpi-jp@jp.freebsd.org cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Updated ec-burst.diff patch X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 14:34:20 -0000 On 02-Jul-2003 Nate Lawson wrote: > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, John Baldwin wrote: >> On 01-Jul-2003 Nate Lawson wrote: >> > Please download and try the new version. It correctly implements burst >> > mode to the best of the 2.0 spec. Like the previous message, please >> > report the appropriate dmesgs ("acpi_ec0*" and "EC Waited*") and any >> > errors or regression. I've tested "du -a /" while plugging/unplugging the >> > power cable on my laptop many times with no errors. >> > >> > I haven't received any feedback yet. This WILL hit the tree in a few >> > weeks because it fixes known problems. Test it now or test it then. :) >> >> This made my machine a LOT worse. Previously I would occasionally get >> failed EcRead's do to timeout reading the battery and thermal status after >> the machine had been up for a while, but battery status still worked. >> Setting the event_driven tunable made no difference. With this patch, the >> EC is very, very broke. I now get spammed during bootup with a flood of >> failures from EcCommand: >> >> EC Waited max 16 cycles, event occurred >> acpi_ec0: EcCommand: no response to 80, disabling burst mode > > It appears your machine does not properly support burst mode. I suspected > that may be the case, which is what I was checking. I'll be doing some > more work on the patch and post it again. Ok. >> This has seriously hosed my machine. > > Um, you can go back to the old acpi module and I doubt it caused any loss. > Thanks for testing. Of course, but while using it it hosed my machine. :) It was functional enough for me to compose the above e-mail except that the mouse kept flying up to the upper-right hand corner of the screen and I had to double-type several keys. :) -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/