Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261760AbVBOPiA (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:38:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261758AbVBOPhn (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:37:43 -0500 Received: from sd291.sivit.org ([194.146.225.122]:42444 "EHLO sd291.sivit.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261757AbVBOPhd (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:37:33 -0500 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:39:12 +0100 From: Stelian Pop To: Len Brown Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , ACPI Developers Subject: Re: [ACPI] [PATCH, new ACPI driver] new sony_acpi driver Message-ID: <20050215153912.GA3523@crusoe.alcove-fr> Reply-To: Stelian Pop Mail-Followup-To: Stelian Pop , Len Brown , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , ACPI Developers References: <20050210161809.GK3493@crusoe.alcove-fr> <1108481448.2097.71.camel@d845pe> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1108481448.2097.71.camel@d845pe> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1586 Lines: 45 On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 10:30:49AM -0500, Len Brown wrote: > On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 11:18, Stelian Pop wrote:, > > > > > PS: I am also going to submit a bugzilla RFE for the acpi people, > > I have been told they are more receptive to that. > > I guess that refers to me:-) Hey, you *are* more receptive to bugzilla then ! > E-mail is fine, but the unfortunate reality is that due to simple > volume, it is lossy. The reason we like bugzilla is that it never > forgets:-) > > So thanks for taking the extra time to file a bug report > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4193 > > If it turns out that there is no way a generic solution > can handle the SNC Sony laptops, then I agree that a Note: this is not a subset of the Sony laptops, we are talking about all the Sony laptops here. > platform specific wart is the only way to go. But > it would be best if we can make the exotic Sony/SNC > look more generic to the user so that the user > (and the distro supporting them) don't need to learn > special things to handle this system. I agree, but unfortunately I don't think it's possible to handle them in a generic way. However, my understanding of the ACPI layer is limited, so I very well be wrong. I attached two DSDT in bugzilla, I have a few more if you want them. Stelian. -- Stelian Pop - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/