From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 8 17:46:13 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 415DE16A420 for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2007 17:46:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: from root.org (root.org [67.118.192.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFBB613C46E for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2007 17:46:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: (qmail 77585 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2007 17:46:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.103?) (nate-mail@75.62.242.158) by root.org with ESMTPA; 8 Sep 2007 17:46:13 -0000 Message-ID: <46E2DFDB.7050107@root.org> Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 10:46:03 -0700 From: Nate Lawson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: yousif@alumni.jmu.edu References: <46E0777A.8070901@root.org> <1189273154.1805.15.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1189273154.1805.15.camel@localhost> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PATCH: ecng for 6.x and 7.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 17:46:13 -0000 Yousif Hassan wrote: > Since you asked for testers on Compaqs, I tried this out on my Compaq > nx6110 under 6.2. > > W/ this laptop, battery status was always close to correct before, but > it does appear that your patch improves things somewhat - I no longer > get 95-99% full being reported when the battery is actually at 100% > (don't know if that's a coincidence or an intended benefit). Also, the > "time remaining" calculations appear to be slightly more accurate, so > this is great. Yes, battery and temperature reporting are usually the factors that would have problems without the patch. The patch is not intended to fix anything else. > This patch does not fix the errors of: > acpi0: on motherboard > acpi_bus_number: can't get _ADR > acpi_bus_number: can't get _ADR > acpi_bus_number: can't get _ADR > acpi_bus_number: can't get _ADR > acpi_bus_number: can't get _ADR > acpi_bus_number: can't get _ADR > acpi_bus_number: can't get _ADR > acpi_bus_number: can't get _ADR > > (these have never given me too much grief) but that probably wasn't the > purpose of this patch either. ;) I don't think that it added any new > error msgs. Those messages can be harmless, but occasionally indicate a buggy BIOS. If your devices work, they can be ignored. > Obviously, suspend/resume and hibernate are still woefully broken on > this laptop (as is noted in the PRs), so I didn't try those again. I > have not tried 7.x (CURRENT) on this laptop either. If suspend/resume > gets implemented with the new ACPI code in 7.x I will certainly be > motivated to upgrade. Ok. -Nate