Re: HP-Compaq laptops and Linux ACPI (was RE: redhat comment about intel not taking patches?)
From: Faye Pearson <hidden>
Date: 2003-02-13 17:41:46
Duncan Gibb [duncangibb-zbhw9Kw21rH/AQmYMRTMl1aTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org] wrote:
However, I, as your customer, think that if HP advertises a product as ACPI-compliant - which you do - and is (through Compaq) a co-author of the specification with which you're claiming compliance - which you are - then it's not too much to ask that this claim be true - which unfortunately, it isn't.
And the way to communicate that is to change your supplier. My last laptop was a Compaq. My current laptop is a Sony. I'm not saying that the sony has a perfect ACPI implementation but I haven't had to override the BIOS DSDT to get working battery/ac status. Hopefully John will take some of this feedback back to HP/Compaq. Faye -- Faye Pearson, Covert Development ClaraNET Ltd. Tel 020 7903 3000 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en