Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 16 Aug 2001 17:52:51 +0200 | From | Stelian Pop <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.4.8-ac5] Another Sony Vaio laptop with a broken APM... |
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On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 05:47:17PM +0200, Peter Koellner wrote:
> > However, the Vaio bioses list is getting bigger and bigger > > and I wonder if there is _any_ Vaio laptop that gets this > > item right. If not, we could just do a search on SYS_VENDOR / > > PRODUCT_NAME strings, like the is_sony_vaio_laptop test... > > > > Comments ? > > at least you got one with apm battery support at all, which is not the > case with lots of newer vaio laptops. if my observation is right, > sony and phoenix are about to remove apm support in the NoteBIOS > completely. most of the latest FX models seem to have their APM bios > completely broken.
I should say that battery status is almost the only support I get from the BIOS. (suspend/resume was supported by the older Vaio bioses.)
I'd qualify my C1VE Picturebook as a 80% ACPI - 20% APM machine. I would not be surprised at all if newer machines go 100% ACPI... :-(
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