On Saturday 19 January 2008 04:13, Hans-Joachim Klein wrote: > > Am Freitag, den 18.01.2008, 23:23 -0500 schrieb Len Brown: > > On Monday 08 October 2007 01:00, Hans-Joachim Klein wrote: > > > System Information > > > Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard > > > Product Name: HP Pavilion dv9500 Notebook PC > > > Version: Rev 1 > > > Serial Number: CNF7301PB5 > > > UUID: 434E4637-3330-3150-4235-001B246D0EFF > > > Wake-up Type: Power Switch > > > SKU Number: GP650EA#ABD > > > Family: 103C_5335KV > > > > > > Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes. > > > Base Board Information > > > Manufacturer: Quanta > > > Product Name: 30CB > > > > Thanks for the dmidecode output. > > > > Do you notice any functional difference when booting with > > > > "acpi_osi=Linux" (default for 2.6.22 and earlier) > > vs. > > "acpi_osi=!Linux" (default for 2.6.23 and later) > > > No, I didn't notice any changes in system behaviour, just the output of > dmesg told that the bios requests "acpi_osi=Linux". > > Fedora-kernel: Linux Pavilion.famklein.net 2.6.23.9-85.fc8 #1 SMP Fri > Dec 7 15:49:36 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > kernel command line: > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.9-85.fc8 ro acpi_osi=Linux pci=routeirq > root=/dev/sdb8 rhgb quiet > thanks for the acpidump. The ASL sets LINX, but never references it, so OSI(Linux) is a NOP on this machine. -Len OperationRegion (GNVS, SystemMemory, 0x7FEDEDBC, 0x0100) Field (GNVS, AnyAcc, Lock, Preserve) { OSYS, 16, SMIF, 8, PRM0, 8, PRM1, 8, SCIF, 8, PRM2, 8, PRM3, 8, LCKF, 8, PRM4, 8, PRM5, 8, P80D, 32, LIDS, 8, PWRS, 8, DBGS, 8, LINX, 8, Offset (0x14), ... Store (0x07D0, OSYS) If (CondRefOf (_OSI, Local0)) { If (_OSI ("Linux")) { Store (One, LINX) } - 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