[ACPI-sppt] Dell Inspiron 3800 battery trouble

I am having a slight problem using the battery part of ACPI on my Dell
Inspiron 3800. If I compile in battery support then the system fails to
boot. If I compile it as a module and insert it latter I get a
segmentation fault. If I look in my log I see the following message: 

ACPI-0370: *** Warning: Buffer created with zero length in AML 

If I run 'lsmod' then the battery module is listed as initializing. I
noticed also that the problem does not occur if the module is loaded
without the battery in the bay. When I had the module compiled in the
kernel inserting the battery caused a segmentation fault also (although
it does not seem to do this when I have loaded it as a module). 

I don't know hardly anything about ACPI, and my knowledge of the kernel
is limited. But I would be interested in trying to track down the
problem if someone could perhaps point me in the right direction. I can
do whatever I need to provide any information needed. 

Thanks for any help. 

-- 
Eric Anderson

There are 10 types of people in the world
Those who can read binary, and those who can't


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