Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 Feb 2004 19:03:01 -0600 | From | Joseph Pingenot <> | Subject | Re: ACPI -- Workaround for broken DSDT |
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From Brown, Len on Sunday, 01 February, 2004: >The vendor should supply a correct DSDT with their BIOS. >In the case of Dell, you might inquire here: http://linux.dell.com/ >For non-vendor supplied solutions, you might also follow the DSDT link >here: http://acpi.sourceforge.net/
Hmm. Do vendors generally release these? I know Dell's very shaky on the Linux support front, at least for desktop/laptop. Also, how do non-vendor supplied ones get made? Seems like something you need NDA'ed docs for.
-Joseph
>> >this is probably best addressed to acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> >where people over-ride their BIOS ACPI DSDT all the time. >> >However, there is a reason that it isn't push-button, and that is >> >because we don't want to encourage people to do it. We'd rather fix >> >Linux where Linux is broken, or get the OEMs to fix their >> BIOS where the >> >BIOS is broken. >> How does one get a hold of a fixed DSDT? I've seen postings about >> how to apply them, but how do they get released? I'd *love* for >> Dell to release a fix for my Inspiron 8600 (haven't found a fixed >> DSDT), or to just get a hold of one. >> *sigh* When will the vendors support Linux?! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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