Re: ACPI -- Workaround for broken DSDT

[Joseph Pingenot]

>From Brown, Len on Sunday, 01 February, 2004:
>The vendor should supply a correct DSDT with their BIOS.
>In the case of Dell, you might inquire here: http://linux.dell.com/
>For non-vendor supplied solutions, you might also follow the DSDT link
>here: http://acpi.sourceforge.net/  

Hmm.  Do vendors generally release these?  I know Dell's very shaky on
  the Linux support front, at least for desktop/laptop.
Also, how do non-vendor supplied ones get made?  Seems like something
  you need NDA'ed docs for.

-Joseph

>> >this is probably best addressed to acpi-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >where people over-ride their BIOS ACPI DSDT all the time.
>> >However, there is a reason that it isn't push-button, and that is
>> >because we don't want to encourage people to do it.  We'd rather fix
>> >Linux where Linux is broken, or get the OEMs to fix their 
>> BIOS where the
>> >BIOS is broken.
>> How does one get a hold of a fixed DSDT?  I've seen postings about
>>   how to apply them, but how do they get released?  I'd *love* for
>>   Dell to release a fix for my Inspiron 8600 (haven't found a fixed
>>   DSDT), or to just get a hold of one.
>> *sigh*  When will the vendors support Linux?!
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