Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 09:30:10 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: ACPICA vs. Sony VAIO etc.. [PATCH] Message-ID: <XFMail.010103093010.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200101031010.f03AApq02503@mobile.wemm.org>
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On 03-Jan-01 Peter Wemm wrote: > 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. Hmm, the CPU Speedstep option doesn't make any difference my system. However, mine locks up after probing the embedded controller: acpi0: <DELL I 5000 > on motherboard acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> on acpi0 acpi_pr0: <processor device> on acpi0 acpi_pr0: supported power states: C0 (0us) C1 (0us) C2 (10us) acpi_pr0: supported throttling states: 100% 87% 75% 62% 50% 37% 25% 12% acpi_tz0: <thermal zone> on acpi0 acpi_tz0: current temperature 67.8C acpi_lid0: <Control Method Lid Switch> on acpi0 acpi_cmbat0: <Control method Battery> on acpi0 acpi_cmbat1: <Control method Battery> on acpi0 acpi_acad0: <AC adapter> on acpi0 acpi_acad0: On Line acpi_pcib0: <Host-PCI bridge> on acpi0 pci0: <PCI bus> on acpi_pcib0 ... acpi_button0: <Control Method Power Button Device> on acpi0 acpi_button1: <Control Method Sleep Button Device> on acpi0 acpi_ec0: <embedded controller> on acpi0 The PCI devices all probe and attach fine though. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.Baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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