From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Jan 3 2:10:25 2001 From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 3 02:10:23 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mobile.wemm.org (c1315225-a.plstn1.sfba.home.com [65.0.135.147]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A27637B400 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 02:10:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mobile.wemm.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f03AApq02503 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 02:10:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Message-Id: <200101031010.f03AApq02503@mobile.wemm.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: ACPICA vs. Sony VAIO etc.. [PATCH] Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 02:10:51 -0800 From: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org http://people.freebsd.org/~peter/acpi.diff Note that this is for -current only. This fixes a bug in certain writes that can cause an additional read to the location immediately before. This happens to be bad for the SMI call mechanism on the Sony VAIO laptop series (eg: PCG-F690). With careful BIOS settings, this patch gets me up and running. Your mileage may vary, but I'm keen to know what this does (or does not) do for people who had previously been unable to run acpica in -current. I still do not know why, but I need to set 'CPU Speed: Full' in the bios vs. 'Auto'. Otherwise I get a random hang at a later SMI call. I have some theories about what is causing this, but nothing firm yet. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message