[tlinux-users:07299] Re: ACPI problems with a Sattelite L10

Windows is much more forgiving of DSDT errors (including ACPI). Information
on fixing your machine's DSDT (specific to Gentoo, but works for most
distros) can be found at
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-122145-highlight-dsdt.html.

On 28/09/05, Manuel López-Ibáñez <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> You may consider including in this discussion the people of
> ACPI4Linux[1], since they may be interested in this issue and so anyone
> else using a Satellite L10 might benefit from your findings.
>
> I have one question. If the ACPI implementation is faulty in that
> laptop, how does it works in Win32?
>
> Good luck!
> Cheers,
>
> Manuel.
>
> [1] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acpi-devel
>
>
> C.G. wrote:
> > Hello there,
> >
> > I'm not the first user to notice that linux doesn't
> > support the ac adapter and battery. So, I disassembled
> > the DSDT of my Sattelite L10-113, and saw that the
> > declaration of my battery is uncomplete. Thus, the dsl
> > sources show:
> >
> > Device (SMBC)
> > {
> > Name (_HID, "ACPI0001")
> > Name (_EC, 0x1820)
> > Device (SBS0)
> > {
> > Name (_HID, "ACPI0002")
> > Name (_SBS, 0x01)
> > }
> > }
> >
> > wheras the _BIF, _BST, _BTP, _PCL and _STA battery
> > control methods are missing, according to the ACPI
> > specifications.
> >
> > I remind you that Toshiba is one of the creators of
> > the ACPI standard.
> >
> > That being said, I suggest in this case that Toshiba
> > thrives to provide an ACPI update of the L10/L15 BIOS.
> > Or, if not possible, I may try to solve the problem
> > myself, but I need a least the SB controller specs
> > used in this laptop, and an example of the used SBST.
> > Unfortunately, I don't know where to find them.
> >
> > Thank you for answering my request.
> >
> > Sincerly,
> >
> >
> >
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