Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 10:46:03 -0700 From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: yousif@alumni.jmu.edu Cc: acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PATCH: ecng for 6.x and 7.x Message-ID: <46E2DFDB.7050107@root.org> In-Reply-To: <1189273154.1805.15.camel@localhost> References: <46E0777A.8070901@root.org> <1189273154.1805.15.camel@localhost>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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: <HP 099C> 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
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?46E2DFDB.7050107>