Re: [ACPI] Toshiba Tecra vs ACPI

"Brown, Len" <[email protected]> writes:

> Does anybody have a Toshiba Tecra that boots an ACPI-enabled kernel?

I have a Tecra 8200 that boots 2.6.0-test4-mm1 just fine. I've
included the dmidecode output, the acpidmp and a dmesg. The bios
should be the latest available (1.6 from 2002). I normally run apm
though but have been running acpi before with 2.4 kernels.

> If yes, can you send me the output from dmidecode so that I can identify
> the BIOS date?
> http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/  (I'd also be intersted in the output
> of acpidmp)
>
> I've found that the Tecra 8100 has AML bugs that we can't handle
> (missing return statements when they are required).  And we will not be
> able to handle them any time soon (w/o a DSDT over-ride).
>
> So I'm thinking about black-listing the 8100 by default; and the 8000
> and 8200 may be right behind it.  Unfortunately, the DMI info for the
> 8100 has an empty product name under system information, where one would
> expect to see "Tecra 8100".  So I'm thinking about disabling ACPI by
> default on all systems with DMI BIOS vendor "TOSHIBA", BIOS Release Date
> <= 10/07/2002 -- the date of the latest BIOS for the 8100; and Base
> Board product name "Portable PC".
>
> Thanks,
> -Len

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Anders Rune Jensen
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