[acpi-jp 2160] RE: HEADSUP: acpi 0228 in the tree

[Scott Long]

Nate Lawson wrote:
>>On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 09:20:24AM +0200, Thorsten Greiner wrote:
>>
>>>I have some issues with the new acpi. First, there a several messages 
>>>  complaining about zero length buffers in the syslog:
>>>
>>>    ACPI-0293: *** Warning: Buffer created with zero length in AML
>>>        -0166: *** Error: UtAllocate: Attempt to allocate zero bytes
> 
> 
> Anyone who is having new ACPI problems with the 0228 import, please cvsup
> to today and try again.  jhb@ brought in some previous changes missed in
> my import.
> 
> -Nate
> 

I cvsuped and built last night after jhb's checkins.  I get quite a few
warnings now about something trying to allocate a zero-length buffer.
Also, soft power off no longer works.  The OS shutdown happens, but it
no longer powers off the machine.  This is with a Dell 8200 laptop.

Scott