Looks like we need to set ACPI_PDC_SMP_T_SWCOORD in _PDC for this to work. Also, if you can possibly break the 300-line patch up into multiple logical steps, that would be ideal. thanks, -Len - 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