How can I fix these problems of the asl of my computer?

[Moore, Robert]

17 February 2006. Summary of changes for version 20060217:

2) iASL Compiler/Disassembler:

Implemented support for new reserved names: _WDG and _WED are Microsoft
extensions for Windows Instrumentation Management, _TDL is a new
ACPI-defined method (Throttling Depth Limit.)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jung-uk Kim [mailto:jkim at FreeBSD.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 3:20 PM
> To: freebsd-acpi at FreeBSD.org
> Cc: Moore, Robert; huangxiangkui at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: How can I fix these problems of the asl of my computer?
> 
> On Wednesday 15 February 2006 06:06 pm, Moore, Robert wrote:
> > I had a sneaking suspicion that MS might be involved in this.
> 
> :-)
> 
> > I can add these to the compiler's reserved list to eliminate future
> > warnings.
> 
> Great.
> 
> > BTW, I meant that most everyone goes nearly blind attempting to
> > read the ACPI spec.
> 
> Yes, I think I am going to be the next victim. ;-)
> 
> Jung-uk Kim
> 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jung-uk Kim [mailto:jkim at FreeBSD.org]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:58 PM
> > > To: freebsd-acpi at FreeBSD.org
> > > Cc: Moore, Robert; huangxiangkui at gmail.com
> > > Subject: Re: How can I fix these problems of the asl of my
> > > computer?
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 15 February 2006 05:39 pm, Moore, Robert wrote:
> > > > ze2205au.asl  4138:             Name (_WDG, Buffer (0x50)
> > > > Warning  2033 -    Unknown reserved name ^  (_WDG)
> > > >
> > > > ze2205au.asl  4699:             Method (_WED, 1, NotSerialized)
> > > > Warning  2033 -      Unknown reserved name ^  (_WED)
> > >
> > > This is a very common problem with all recent HP/Compaq laptops:
> > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/Talk:HOWTO_Fix_Common_ACPI_Problems
> > >
> > > > 2) Ignore the warnings. Your BIOS writers did not read the ACPI
> > > > spec or became blind sometime in the middle of it, highly
> > > > probable.
> > > >
> > > > :-)
> > >
> > > No, they are not blind.  They just work for the dark side. ;-)
> > >
> > > Both _WDG and _WED are Microsoft extensions:
> > > http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/wmi/wmi-acpi.mspx
> > >
> > > Jung-uk Kim