ACPI degrading.. ?

[Eric Anderson]

Kevin Oberman wrote:

>>Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:08:22 -0500
>>From: Eric Anderson <anderson at centtech.com>
>>Sender: owner-freebsd-current at freebsd.org
>>
>>Ok - On May13th, I was the happiest FreeBSD user on the planet.. All the 
>>ACPI stuff worked (the acpi_video stuff worked for my laptop, I had 
>>several 'cx_supported' modes, etc..), but then I cvsup'ed on July 8th 
>>(around there), and the acpi_video was broken, and no more cx modes 
>>(besides c1).  I backed up to 06/15 and the acpi_video magically came 
>>back, but still no cx modes.. 
>>
>>Is there a configuration option I need to adjust now, or is it just 
>>broken? Is there anything I can do to help?
>>    
>>
>
>The cx issue should be fixed. Nate put in a patch to fix it yesterday
>or today. I have also lost acpi_video, but the patch to fix cx may fix
>that, as well. I've been hesitant to update my laptop due to the native
>preemption triggered problems that forced me to roll several bits of the
>kernel back to 7/2. If I get just a little time, I'll cvsup and build a
>new system tomorrow and see how t works (or doesn't).
>  
>
Ahh, ok.. great.. Thanks Nate!  I'm also waiting for the preemption 
stuff to settle down.. killing my laptop 10 times in one day isn't my 
idea of fun.. :)  Although, it only ever happened when Firefox was 
running..

Thanks for the info!

Eric


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