Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 23:02:26 -0500 From: Igor Partola <ipartola@pisem.net> To: freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Again about Dell Inspiron 8x00 Message-ID: <41E4A152.4050207@pisem.net> In-Reply-To: <200501111339.13806.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <200501021735.j02HZWAs017587@sana.init-main.com> <200501111302.12876.florian@love2party.net> <41E41B34.2040701@pisem.net> <200501111339.13806.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: >On Tuesday 11 January 2005 01:30 pm, Igor Partola wrote: > > >>To be exact it was 2.6.9-gentoo-r13 and 2.6.10 vanilla that worked. >> >>It seems to me that certain functions of the ACPI are better off left >>alone as overriding them just causes trouble. >> >>For example: when there is no ACPI support in kernel closing the lid >>switches the display off and Fn+F3 brings me to BIOS settings. Once ACPI >>is loaded though these functions don't seem to work. So maybe they >>shouldn't be overridden until it is known that the overriding code in >>the kernel ACPI works well enough to handle it? Or maybe sysctl could be >>used to switch between BIOS and kernel ACPI to be in charge of turning >>off the display and such? >> >> > >Unfortunately, ACPI does not provide such granularity. It's pretty much an >all or nothing switch. > > > Ahh well it was just a thought. I'll try to dig through the linux implementation of S3 and compare it to FreeBSD's some time this or next week and see what the difference is. I know about devd and the lid flags but S3 is much more important for me as of right now. Respect, Igor P.S.: I don't think APM is supported by many (if any) Inspiron laptops.
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