Re: ACPI working much better on IBM T30
"Kevin Oberman" <[email protected]>
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> From: Michael Collette <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 17:32:39 -0700 > Sender: [email protected] > > Kevin Oberman wrote: > > I just updated the embedded controller firmware on my T30 and ACPI > > works! It still has some problems and oddities, but it's functional. I > > need to tinker with the sleep switch and lid switch settings. > > > > In any case, this is significant progress. Thanks to IBM for working on > > this. > > How are you getting your BIOS updated without Windows? Are you dual booting, > or is this runnable from a DOS diskette? I dual boot, but the BIOS update is available as a floppy image. N.B. For most newer ThinkPads, the ACPI code is a separate update. You update the Embedded Controller software first, then update the BIOS. Both are available as floppy images or from as network installs from Windows. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"