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Date:      Sun, 4 Jan 2004 22:29:41 -0800 (PST)
From:      Shizuka Kudo <shizukakudo_99@yahoo.com>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, Brian Black <BlackBsd@Mountain.Net>
Cc:        iwasaki@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: Award Bios, ACPI, Mouse and PR 55473???
Message-ID:  <20040105062941.86032.qmail@web11404.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20031223120237.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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--- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> On 23-Dec-2003 Brian Black wrote:
> > hi,
> >     I have been trying to post to different lists looking for a 
> > solution.  though i have found some advice i have not found the 
> > solution.  i was recently informed that i should post this question to 
> > the -current list(i should of done this earlier).  I have a "Soyo Dragon 
> > Light" mother board which has this award bios.  I have verified that my 
> > bios has been flashed with the most up-to date version(Well whatever the 
> > motherboard manufacture says).  
> >     Now am certainly not a kernel hacker but i do understand a little 
> > bit of C code.  The PR goes on to talk about a "Fix", which involves 
> > editing the "/urs/sys/dev/acpica/acpi_pci_link.c".  After making the 
> > changes i had no luck :-(.  Now i have been told that some people with 
> > this bios are not affected.  Well would'nt that mean the the bios are 
> > not  the same?  I have contacted "Soyo" on this matter.  They state on 
> > their web site that freebsd is supported,  but have not returned my 
> > e-mail. 
> >     How would i be able to determine weather this problem can be fixed 
> > by FreeBsd or the manufacture of the mother board?  Is This problem 
> > being looked at for 5.2R  i have not been able to really sink into using 
> > the new 5.x series because of this problem(So what i like GUI's a 
> > little). ;-)
> 
> Hmm, yes.
> 
> Can you try the patch at
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/acpi_link_sta.patch

I have tried your patch with no luck. I still need to revert to test on
ACPI_ENABLE as described on 55473

> 
> Index: acpi_pci_link.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/sys/dev/acpica/acpi_pci_link.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.11
> diff -u -r1.11 acpi_pci_link.c
> --- acpi_pci_link.c     18 Dec 2003 03:25:22 -0000      1.11
> +++ acpi_pci_link.c     23 Dec 2003 16:29:35 -0000
> @@ -489,7 +489,16 @@
>                 return_ACPI_STATUS (error);
>         }
>  
> -       if (!(sta & (ACPI_STA_PRESENT | ACPI_STA_FUNCTIONAL))) {
> +       /*
> +        * We really should not use link devices that aren't enabled,
> +        * but if they are marked as either functional or enabled, we
> +        * assume they are ok.
> +        *
> +        * XXX: The PCI bridge code requires that both PRESENT and
> +        * ENABLE are set in a separate check.
> +        */
> +       if ((sta & ACPI_STA_PRESENT) == 0 ||
> +           (sta & (ACPI_STA_ENABLE | ACPI_STA_FUNCTIONAL)) == 0) {
>                 ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_ERROR,
>                     "PCI interrupt link is not functional - %s\n",
>                     acpi_name(handle)));
> 
> -- 
> 
> John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
> "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!"  -  http://www.FreeBSD.org/
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