HEADSUP: acpica 20040220 imported

[Nate Lawson]

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Georg-W. Koltermann wrote:
> Am Di, den 02.03.2004 schrieb Nate Lawson um 01:00:
> > On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Georg-W. Koltermann wrote:
> > > Too bad this was too late for 5.2.1, wasn't it?  Is there a quick hack
> > > how I could use the new ACPICA with 5.2.1, e.g. just cvs update -A a
> > > couple files and directories?  Ore are you planning a MFC to RELENG_5_2?
> >
> > No plans to MFC since it doesn't count as a security fix.  You can
> > probably get by with just updating sys/dev/acpica and
> > sys/contrib/dev/acpica to -CURRENT but no guarantees.
>
> Didn't work.  Building the kernel gave me undefined symbols .D_VERSION
> and D_NEEDGIANT or some such -- I didn't record the exact messages.
> Well, it was worth to try.
>
> > > I've been suffering the battery status problem, and suspend/resume never
> > > worked for me as well -- Compaq Evo N800w.
> >
> > I thought there were no problems with the battery in 5.2 or 5.2.1.  In any
> > case, if you have problems, you can revert
> > sys/contrib/dev/acpica/dsmthdat.c to 1.1.1.17 and that will probably work
> > also (vs. updating to -current).
>
> Ineffective.  But I can get battery status to work by briefly taking out
> the battery and then back in.  Of course this is only possible while on
> AC, and a working battery status is much more interesting when I *don't*
> have AC available.
>
> Thanks for your help anyway.

In that case, I recommend you run 5.3-RELEASE.  :)

-Nate