RE: [acpi-jp 2274] Re: HEADSUP: acpi patches in the tree

TABLE_ID_DSDT was removed because the table ID should be dynamically
allocated.  There was a longstanding "TBD" to remove it.

It appears that there is some issue with this change, and of course we
would like to get to the root of this problem.

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Takayoshi Kochi [mailto:kochi_at_netbsd.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 9:24 AM
> To: acpi-jp_at_jp.FreeBSD.org; nate_at_root.org
> Cc: yosimoto_at_waishi.jp; current_at_freebsd.org
> Subject: [acpi-jp 2274] Re: HEADSUP: acpi patches in the tree
> 
> Hi,
> 
> From: Nate Lawson <nate_at_root.org>
> Subject: [acpi-jp 2267] Re: HEADSUP: acpi patches in the tree
> Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 16:58:59 -0700
> 
> > On Wed, 28 May 2003, Shin-ichi YOSHIMOTO wrote:
> > > After this update, I found some error messages like this:
> > >
> > > acpi0: <IntelR AWRDACPI> on motherboard
> > >     ACPI-0438: *** Error: Looking up [\\_OS_] in namespace,
> AE_NOT_FOUND
> > >     ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
[\\_SB_.PCI0._INI]
> (Node 0xc21b73e0), AE_NOT_FOUND
> >
> > Please try the attached patch and see if it changes things for you.
> 
> I'm still studying the reason why the TABLE_ID_DSDT is removed
> in recent ACPI CA, but at least you should remove all TABLE_ID_DSDT's,
> I think.
> 
> Also, ACPI_FIRST_METHOD_ID should be larger than 0,
> otherwise 0 may be allocated to running method and make a conflict.
> 
> I've made a diff against NetBSD-current and just booted the kernel,
> but haven't tested much (and still trying to make out what the
> changes are intended).
> 
> Attached is the patch and should apply to the FreeBSD tree with
> some appropriate option.
> 
> ---
> Takayoshi Kochi