cvs commit: src/sys/contrib/dev/acpica dsmthdat.c

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 04:01, Stijn Hoop wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 10:35:01PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote:
> > njl         2004/01/03 22:35:01 PST
> > 
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> > 
> >   Modified files:        (Branch: INTEL)
> >     sys/contrib/dev/acpica dsmthdat.c 
> >   Log:
> >   Fix for "UtAllocate: Attempt to allocate zero bytes" warnings on Dell
> >   laptops that resulted in problems reading battery status.  Don't
> >   copy Buffers, Packages, or Regions in DsStoreObjectToLocal().
> >   
> >   Tested by:      scottl, sam
> >   Submitted by:   Luming Yu (Intel)
> 
> Does this obsolete Mark Santcroos' patch available from my page
> (http://sandcat.nl/~stijn/freebsd/dell.php)? If so, I'll add a note to
> that effect to the page. Unfortunately I won't have time to test this myself,
> so I'd appreciate it if someone else can verify this.

I can confirm my Dell 5150 with BIOS A28 is quite happy with this
patch.  I no longer require the AML patch, and all my ACPI stats seem to
be reporting correctly.

Joe

> 
> --Stijn
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