The first patch is enabling a acpi_evaluate_string helper function. Both patches are for discussion only and beside the fact that they should compile they are untested. If you think this works, please give it a review and I can rework the patch and ask the guy with this BIOS/machine to give it a test. Thomas -- 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