Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 17:03:11 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/contrib/dev/acpica dsmthdat.c Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040106170218.87887j-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <1073425036.776.28.camel@gyros>
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 04:01, Stijn Hoop wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 10:35:01PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote: > > > njl 2004/01/03 22:35:01 PST > > > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > > > Modified files: (Branch: INTEL) > > > sys/contrib/dev/acpica dsmthdat.c > > > Log: > > > Fix for "UtAllocate: Attempt to allocate zero bytes" warnings on Dell > > > laptops that resulted in problems reading battery status. Don't > > > copy Buffers, Packages, or Regions in DsStoreObjectToLocal(). > > > > > > Tested by: scottl, sam > > > Submitted by: Luming Yu (Intel) > > > > Does this obsolete Mark Santcroos' patch available from my page > > (http://sandcat.nl/~stijn/freebsd/dell.php)? If so, I'll add a note to > > that effect to the page. Unfortunately I won't have time to test this myself, > > so I'd appreciate it if someone else can verify this. > > I can confirm my Dell 5150 with BIOS A28 is quite happy with this patch. > I no longer require the AML patch, and all my ACPI stats seem to be > reporting correctly. Ditto. My Latitude C600 is now a *lot* happier. No more warnings, but more importantly, power management now works a lot better (I can monitor battery state, for example). Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Senior Research Scientist, McAfee Research
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