still ACPI problems on HP Compaq nx6325

[Ulf G. Noren]

> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:20:13 +0100
> From: Michele Heurs <michele.heurs at aei.mpg.de>
> Subject: still ACPI problems on HP Compaq nx6325
> To: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org, freebsd-stable at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <45ADF85D.1030402 at aei.mpg.de>
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> Hi,
>
> in my previous mail (message ID <4517A8A1.50006 at aei.mpg.de> ) I
> described problems with ACPI on my HP Compaq nx6325 with freeBSD 6.1
> release.
>
> Meanwhile I have freeBSD 6.2 stable (of yesterday), but ACPI still
> doesn't work. Booting with ACPI enabled results in the the system
> being unresponsive, the mouse is "jumpy" and input is only recognised
> after long delays or when the mouse is moved.
>
> I have attached the resulting bootlog at the end of this mail.
>
> Do you need any other information? Please let me know. Any help is
> muchly appreciated :) Thanks!
> Bye,
>     Michèle

Thank you for your notes on the HP Compaq nx6325 and FreeBSD. I have 
been considering this machine. It has the right features and an 
attractive price but after some investigation I'm not sure anymore.

There is an ongoing discussion suggesting that the HP bios is broken, 
i.e. poor compliance with ACPI specs. Users of recent Linux distros 
report problems: 
<http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1079573>

Sorry that I can't help with the problem. Let us hope for HP to provide 
a bios upgrade solution.

- Ulf