Messages in this thread | | | From | "Michael S. Zick" <> | Subject | Re: [BUG FIX] Make x86_32 uni-processor Atomic ops, Atomic | Date | Thu, 28 May 2009 16:21:12 -0500 |
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On Thu May 28 2009, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > > > I have seen some problems on via c7m based machines, where some 'smart > > > > > bios person' implemented EC access in AML (normally, it is accessed > > > > > from ec.c driver). Maybe you have similary bad bios? > > > > > > > > How to tell or distingush? > > > > Did your looking at the dmidecode output show you that? > > > > > > Disassemble DSDT, and if you see strange code duplicating kernel's > > > ec.c driver, you have similar problem... > > > > Someone did that but wasn't looking for "strange code" - just fixing > > some entry size errors. > > You can find the replacement DSDT here: > > http://forum.netbookuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=6512#p6512 > > > > (Which I am not using, since it mostly cosmetic.) > > Ok, it does not seem to have braindead EC implementation. The DSDT > does not look familiar, so it may be different issue. (Or it is same > issue and we were not able to debug it due to all the BIOS problems.) >
Thanks for taking a look, it would have meant nothing to me.
Mike > Pavel
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