Does this machine boot Windows ok? > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-acpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-acpi- > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of glen martin > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:51 AM > To: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: no /proc/acpi, trying to dump dsdt to a file > > Greetings, > > I've done some searches, poked around in the kernel source and doc, > can't seem to find anything relevant. > > kernel is 2.6.15, with gentoo patches and the patch to load a dsdt from > initrd. > > I'm trying to dump my dsdt, but there is no /proc/acpi, let alone > /proc/acpi/dsdt. > > Is there something special needed to make /proc/acpi show up? Or other > way to get at the existing dsdt in this situation? > > The dsdt table in my BIOS is broken, in case that's relevant and > nonobvious. :) I'm hoping the broken existing table isn't what is > blocking the /proc/acpi ... > > The other interesting (to me, anyway) snippet is that CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM > doesn't show up when 'make menuconfig', but is set to 'Y' in the .config > file. /drivers/acpi/system.o is built. > > I've tried booting with various kernel parameters, disabling variously > acpi, apic and lapic. no difference in behavior. right now they're all > turned on (no special parms on kernel line). > > Here's a snippet from my .config > > # > # ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support > # > CONFIG_ACPI=y > # CONFIG_ACPI_AC is not set > # CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY is not set > CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y > CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO=y > # CONFIG_ACPI_HOTKEY is not set > CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y > CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y > CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y > # CONFIG_ACPI_ASUS is not set > # CONFIG_ACPI_IBM is not set > # CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA is not set > CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_INITRD=y > CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR=0 > CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG=y > CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y > CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y > CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y > CONFIG_X86_PM_TIMER=y > # CONFIG_ACPI_CONTAINER is not set > > Here's the dmesg output when loading the existing BIOS DSDT, in case > that is relevant. > > ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initramfs... error, file /DSDT.aml not found. > tbxface-0109 [02] load_tables : ACPI Tables successfully > acquired > nssearch-0311: *** Error: ns_search_and_enter: Bad character in ACPI > Name: 43035350 > dswload-0292: *** Error: Looking up [0x43035350] (NON-ASCII) > in namespace, AE_BAD_CHARACTER > psloop-0287 [09] ps_parse_loop : During name lookup/catalog, > AE_BAD_CHARACTER > tbxface-0115: *** Error: acpi_load_tables: Could not load namespace: > AE_BAD_CHARACTER > tbxface-0123: *** Error: acpi_load_tables: Could not load tables: > AE_BAD_CHARACTER > ACPI: Unable to load the System Description Tables > > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks in advance, > > glen > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
