linux-kernel - Re: dsdt buggy acpi

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Message-ID: <486E0A64.5020903@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:32:52 +0400
From:	Alexey Starikovskiy <aystarik@...il.com>
To:	Justin Mattock <justinmattock@...il.com>
CC:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@...ux360.ro>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: dsdt buggy acpi

Justin Mattock wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 04:30:11PM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Hello; what info is supplied with EFI i.g. I'm using a macbook pro.
>>> After looking at:
>>> http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/view.php I was unable to locate
>>> anything with apple, or at least
>>> couldn't find the manufacture number.
>>> If somebody has already done this, I was wondering if it would be O.K.
>>> if I can attached my dsdt.dsl with the errors,
>>> and my explanation of what I changed, just so If I did something
>>> completely wrong
>>>       
>> iasl will complain about code that the Linux interpreter will happily
>> accept. If the only reason you've made changes is that iasl complains,
>> then it's unlikely that there's any functional difference as a result.
>> Otherwise, work out which changes fix which Linux bugs and file a bug
>> at bugzilla.kernel.org against acpi.
>>
>> --
>> Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
>>
>>     
>
> Hello; I modified dsdt because iasl was complaining, As a result like
> what you said
> "then it's unlikely that there's any functional difference as a
> result" is probably
> what I'm seeing. As for a bug report I already have one filed. As to
> why I'm messing with
> the dsdt, just trying to isolate the problem with the bug I have
> already filed., or at least
> get a better idea of what is happening. Anyways thanks for the info.
> regards;
>
>   

For difference, you should look for "Darwin", this is how MacOS X 
identifies itself to hardware.


Regards,
Alex.
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