Re: FBSD 5.1b2 Inst. Results on Dell i8500

From: Stijn Hoop <stijn_at_win.tue.nl>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 22:55:11 +0200
On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 10:28:32PM +0200, Mark Santcroos wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 11:05:03PM +0200, Mark Santcroos wrote:
> > The same here, that's what I mentioned earlier, that I need to investigate
> > this. Hope to have that fixed before 'de haan kraait' tomorrow morning ;-)
> > Can you send me your whole asl, I'm curious how close it is to mine.
> 
> Hrm, a bit later than anticipated, got ill after skipping too many nights,
> had to take a break :-)
> 
> However, with the following patch, fdc, sio, and ppc attach under acpi
> instead of isa again!

Great work! I'm off to test this right now!

> With a stock kernel and patched dsdt I have a fully working system again.
> All Dell laptop users with problems might want to give this a look as at
> least Stijn's Inspirion 8500 has exactly the same dsdt as mine (Latitude
> C640).

It's in Inspiron 4150 FWIW, but there is enough reason to believe that
most Dell laptops use the same code, yes.

I'll report back ASAP.

--Stijn

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