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Date:      Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:06:03 -0800
From:      "Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@intel.com>
To:        "Jung-uk Kim" <jkim@FreeBSD.org>, <freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        huangxiangkui@gmail.com
Subject:   RE: How can I fix these problems of the asl of my computer?
Message-ID:  <971FCB6690CD0E4898387DBF7552B90E045DA997@orsmsx403.amr.corp.intel.com>

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I had a sneaking suspicion that MS might be involved in this.

I can add these to the compiler's reserved list to eliminate future
warnings.

BTW, I meant that most everyone goes nearly blind attempting to read the
ACPI spec.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jung-uk Kim [mailto:jkim@FreeBSD.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:58 PM
> To: freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.org
> Cc: Moore, Robert; huangxiangkui@gmail.com
> Subject: Re: How can I fix these problems of the asl of my computer?
>=20
> On Wednesday 15 February 2006 05:39 pm, Moore, Robert wrote:
> > ze2205au.asl  4138:             Name (_WDG, Buffer (0x50)
> > Warning  2033 -    Unknown reserved name ^  (_WDG)
> >
> > ze2205au.asl  4699:             Method (_WED, 1, NotSerialized)
> > Warning  2033 -      Unknown reserved name ^  (_WED)
>=20
> This is a very common problem with all recent HP/Compaq laptops:
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/Talk:HOWTO_Fix_Common_ACPI_Problems
>=20
> > 2) Ignore the warnings. Your BIOS writers did not read the ACPI
> > spec or became blind sometime in the middle of it, highly probable.
> > :-)
>=20
> No, they are not blind.  They just work for the dark side. ;-)
>=20
> Both _WDG and _WED are Microsoft extensions:
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/wmi/wmi-acpi.mspx
>=20
> Jung-uk Kim



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