RE: acpi, oldcard, newcard, etc

John Baldwin <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 21-Aug-2002 Mark Santcroos wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've acquired a Dell C640, which is a ACPI only laptop.
> 
> * ACPI is only available on -CURRENT, but that's not a problem as I was
> already running -CURRENT on my previous laptop.
> 
> * Machine boots/works fine without ACPI with both OLDCARD and NEWCARD
> (Ofcourse no powermanagement available)
> 
> * Machine boots fine with ACPI and OLDCARD or no *CARD at all
> 
> * Machine hangs during boot with ACPI and NEWCARD on:
>   "start_init: trying to /sbin/init"

Is your CardBus bridge behind a PCI-PCI bridge?  It could be that we aren't
routing the interrupts right in the ACPI case with newcard.  I have some
possible patches to fix this case if so.

> * With the options with ACPI and where it boots fine, ACPI is not working
>   great
>   For example, closing the lid makes the machine suspend in some way, but
>   opening again doesn't turn my screen on again

On my laptop I have to use the power button to wakeup from suspend, opening
the lid doesn't automatically unsuspend.  I have to do the same in Windows, too,
FWIW.

-- 

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