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To: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at>
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Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 15:09:14 -0700
From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
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Subject: Re: ACPI working much better on IBM T30 
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> Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 23:53:12 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at>
> 
> On Thu, 22 May 2003, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> 
> > I just updated the embedded controller firmware on my T30 and ACPI
> > works! It still has some problems and oddities, but it's functional. I
> > need to tinker with the sleep switch and lid switch settings.
> >
> > In any case, this is significant progress. Thanks to IBM for working on
> > this.
> 
> Lucky you, the newest BIOS on my T20 didn't improve anything...

Lukas,

I see that IBM released new firmware for the T30 on April 2, 2003, but
has not released new firmware for the T20 since Dec, 1999! Thee is
rather new firmware for the T40, as well, which might fix things. I
guess this means that they will release the new ACPI stuff only when
they get around to it. Sorry!

But keep an eye on the IBM update page:
(http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/TPAD-MATRIX.html)
in case things change.

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634