I added acpi_osi=Linux to 2.6.24 and didn't see a change should I also
try acpi_osi=!Linux on 2.6.24
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /var/log/dmesg | grep 0x37E80F06
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /var/log/dmesg | grep BIOS
[ 0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009dc00 (usable)
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 000000000009dc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000000ce000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 0000000037e70000 (usable)
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000037e70000 - 0000000037e80000 (ACPI data)
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000037e80000 - 0000000037f00000 (ACPI NVS)
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000037f00000 - 0000000040000000 (reserved)
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000e0000000 - 00000000f0000000 (reserved)
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec10000 (reserved)
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fff80000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
[ 15.634917] ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC
[ 15.826827] ACPI: System BIOS is requesting _OSI(Linux)
[ 18.539020] ide0: BM-DMA at 0x8420-0x8427, BIOS settings:
hda:DMA, hdb:pio
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
On Jan 19, 2008 1:38 AM, Len Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 18 January 2008 19:08, Jaakan Shorter wrote:
> > I didn't see any kind of changes with acpi_osi=!Linux on 2.6.22
> >
> >
> > here is the current output from uname -a, I'm now using the current Ubuntu
> > beta
> > Linux jms1000 2.6.24-4-generic #1 SMP Mon Jan 14 18:19:11 UTC 2008
> > x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >
> > I'll try adding acpi_osi=Linux in a few and look for any changes.
>
> Like others, Dell Vostro 1000 sets LINX, but never checks it.
>
> TPOS and OSTB are also affected, but in the ASL they're referened
> only with comparisons > 4, (NT or greater) so OSI(Linux) shouldn't
> have any effect there either.
>
> That leaves the return value of OSTP(), which I see invoked
> in several places, but the return value is never used.
>
> So I'll add this box to the OSI(Linux) NOP list.
>
> BTW.
>
> Where does 0x37E80F06 show up in the e820 map in dmesg?
> I'm wondering why they put OSTY (TPOS) in a special place.
>
> thanks,
> -Len
>
>
> Scope (\_SB)
> {
> Name (LINX, 0x00)
> Name (OSTB, Ones)
> OperationRegion (OSTY, SystemMemory, 0x37E80F06, 0x00000001)
> Field (OSTY, AnyAcc, NoLock, Preserve)
> {
> TPOS, 8
> }
>
> Method (OSTP, 0, NotSerialized)
> {
> If (LEqual (^OSTB, Ones))
> {
> If (CondRefOf (\_OSI, Local0))
> {
> Store (0x00, ^OSTB)
> Store (0x00, ^TPOS)
> If (\_OSI ("Windows 2001"))
> {
> Store (0x08, ^OSTB)
> Store (0x08, ^TPOS)
> }
>
> If (\_OSI ("Windows 2001.1"))
> {
> Store (0x20, ^OSTB)
> Store (0x20, ^TPOS)
> }
>
> If (\_OSI ("Windows 2001 SP1"))
> {
> Store (0x10, ^OSTB)
> Store (0x10, ^TPOS)
> }
>
> If (\_OSI ("Windows 2001 SP2"))
> {
> Store (0x11, ^OSTB)
> Store (0x11, ^TPOS)
> }
>
> If (\_OSI ("Windows 2001 SP3"))
> {
> Store (0x12, ^OSTB)
> Store (0x12, ^TPOS)
> }
>
> If (\_OSI ("Windows 2006"))
> {
> Store (0x40, ^OSTB)
> Store (0x40, ^TPOS)
> }
>
> If (\_OSI ("Linux"))
> {
> Store (0x01, LINX)
> Store (0x80, ^OSTB)
> Store (0x80, ^TPOS)
> }
> }
> Else
> {
> If (CondRefOf (\_OS, Local0))
> {
> If (^SEQL (\_OS, "Microsoft Windows"))
> {
> Store (0x01, ^OSTB)
> Store (0x01, ^TPOS)
> }
> Else
> {
> If (^SEQL (\_OS, "Microsoft WindowsME: Millennium
> Edition"))
> {
> Store (0x02, ^OSTB)
> Store (0x02, ^TPOS)
> }
> Else
> {
> If (^SEQL (\_OS, "Microsoft Windows NT"))
> {
> Store (0x04, ^OSTB)
> Store (0x04, ^TPOS)
> }
> Else
> {
> Store (0x00, ^OSTB)
> Store (0x00, ^TPOS)
> }
> }
> }
> }
> Else
> {
> Store (0x00, ^OSTB)
> Store (0x00, ^TPOS)
> }
> Return (^OSTB)
> }
>
> ...
> Device (PCI0)
> {
> Name (_ADR, 0x00)
> Name (_UID, 0x01)
> Name (_BBN, 0x00)
> Method (_INI, 0, NotSerialized)
> {
> \_SB.OSTP ()
> }
>
> ...
> Method (OSHT, 0, NotSerialized)
> {
> \_SB.OSTP ()
> Store (0x48, \_SB.PCI0.LPC0.BCMD)
> Store (Zero, \_SB.PCI0.LPC0.SMIC)
> }
> ...
>
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