Re: Please test: ACPI-CA import 20050408

From: Eric Anderson <anderson_at_centtech.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 07:02:24 -0500
Eric Anderson wrote:
> Nate Lawson wrote:
> 
>> Eric Anderson wrote:
>>
>>> Mark Santcroos wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 03:50:05PM +0200, Christian Brueffer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> looks like acopcode.h and acnames.h are not included in the patch.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Oops, rusty cvs skills :)
>>>>
>>>> The following files have been added to the diff:
>>>> abcompare.c abmain.c acnames.h acopcode.h acpibin.h aecommon.h aeexec.c
>>>> aemain.c osunixdir.c
>>>>
>>>> Same location, more fun:
>>>> http://www.santcroos.net/mark/freebsd/files/acpi_import_20050408.diff.gz 
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I just applied this patch, and everything seems to run ok.
>>>
>>> Only thing I noticed was that I get pauses now about every 6 
>>> seconds.  All my recent dmesg/sysctl/etc output is here:
>>>
>>> http://googlebit.com/freebsd/
>>>
>>> Eric
>>
>>
>>
>> Is there any difference in the embedded controller?  You have to boot 
>> without -v to see its messages (they scrolled in your output).  Any 
>> new warning messages when you get the pause?
>>
> 
> It is apparently something in xfce4's battery monitoring plugin.  It 
> hasn't been upgraded or changed since the ACPI changes.  Is there 
> something I can do to see what causes it to choke my machine?

I've tested with the new ACPICA, and without, and with it definitely has the 
pause every 6 seconds (when the battery monitor in xfce4 polls the power 
stuff?), and without the new ACPICA, it does not exhibit this behaviour.

Eric



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