Problems with acpi (battery status not shown)

[Ian Smith]

On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 00:51:40 +0000, Moore, Robert wrote:

 > What was used to disassemble the file in the first place?

I gather Nick followed the standard instructions for ACPI debugging.

 > Please send the acpidump for the machine, thanks.
 > Bob

At 925KiB it's a tad big to attach.  From Nick's OP (with verbose dmesg 
and sysctl hw.acpi attached):

 > here is ASL file link:
 > https://www.sendspace.com/file/do5xn7

Horrid site, careful where you click ..

>From these acpiconf readings, the problem with getting battery status is 
certainly real, despite battery init looking good and EC looking ok too.

cheers, Ian

 > > -----Original Message-----
 > > From: owner-freebsd-acpi at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
 > > acpi at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of nick gigashvili
 > > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 12:45 PM
 > > To: Ian Smith
 > > Cc: freebsd-acpi at freebsd.org
 > > Subject: Re: Problems with acpi (battery status not shown)
 > > 
 > > Hi again
 > > 
 > > I did as you suggested I tested with acpiconf with different times and
 > > different states here are the results. first two files are when laptop was
 > > charging only difference in these two files was in Present voltage last
 > > two files are when laptop was discharging there is no difference in these
 > > two. After couple hours it ran out of battery and l aptop was powered off
 > > then I put it on AC power and turned it on battery was at 0% and charging
 > > and after some time it is still at 0% and charging
 > > 
 > > Now regarding to ASL file I ran iasl my-asl.asl and on line 27104 there
 > > was syntax error with "Package  (0x06)" unfortunately I don'tunderstand a
 > > damn thing with ASL syntax ...
 > > maybe this will make no difference but still I tried
 > > 
 > > Thanks
 > > 
 > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Ian Smith <smithi at nimnet.asn.au> wrote:
 > > 
 > > > On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 14:41:46 +0400, nick gigashvili wrote:
 > > >
 > > >  > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more
 > > > specific  > > than "Re: Contents of freebsd-acpi digest..."
 > > >
 > > > One has to be really careful replying to digests; not only to restore
 > > > the Subject but also to quote no more than necessary to follow the one
 > > > message or topic.  We already had your verbose dmesg etc ..
 > > >
 > > >  > Thanks Ian for response Ill do as you suggested...
 > > >
 > > > Let us know.  My X200 dropped back to 94% today but remains relaxed.
 > > >
 > > >  > what about ASL syntax error shouldn't I pay attantion to it ?
 > > >
 > > > I wouldn't know, only a little bit about batteries.  You need to show
 > > > exact error message/s to interest someone who knows what those mean.
 > > >
 > > > I had a brief dive into a few sections of your 925KiB hp-8570w.asl and
 > > > managed to surface before drowning .. little the wiser.
 > > >
 > > > Your original message below for context, without attachments.
 > > >
 > > > cheers, Ian
 > > >
 > > >  > > Message: 1
 > > >  > > Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 18:43:23 +0400  > > From: nick gigashvili
 > > > <nickagigashvili at gmail.com>  > > To: freebsd-acpi at freebsd.org  > >
 > > > Subject: Problems with acpi (battery status not shown)  > >
 > > > Message-ID:
 > > >  > >         <CA+xi39bJhho+U9UPuiuxbzqsFcWHw8ZjRT5w0tTDufEaKFF1=
 > > >  > > w at mail.gmail.com>
 > > >  > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
 > > >  > >
 > > >  > > Hi
 > > >  > >
 > > >  > > I'm having problem with acpi battery status is not updated it is
 > > > freezed on  > > 96% when on AC power, I'm running FreeBSD 10-RELEASE
 > > > on HP Workstation  > > 8570w.
 > > >  > > I tested ASL with iasl and it has syntax error. I coultn't boot
 > > > with acpi  > > turned off so Im sending you dmesg output only with
 > > > acpi enabled.
 > > >  > >
 > > >  > > here is ASL file link:
 > > >  > > https://www.sendspace.com/file/do5xn7
 > > >  > >
 > > >  > > Thank you
 > > >  > > -------------- next part --------------  > > Table 'FACP' at
 > > > 0xbeffc000  > > Table 'HPET' at 0xbeffb000  > > Table 'APIC' at
 > > > 0xbeffa000
 > > >
 > > > [..]
 > > >
 >