[Haiku-commits] r33236 - in haiku/trunk: build/jam data/settings/kernel/drivers src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/acpi src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/acpi/include/platform

[François Revol]

> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 2:23 AM, Fredrik Holmqvist
> <fredrik.holmqvist at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2009/9/24, Michael Weirauch <dev at m-phasis.de>:
> >> The KDL is gone and the system boots fine with acpi enabled and 
> > > the
> >>  power drivers present. Thanks!
> >
> > Ah, this makes me very happy.
> > Now if I can only figure out why my laptop hangs at ACPI 
> > initialization.
> 
> From what I have heard, ACPI is really flaky and frequently buggy on
> hardware, and generally only tested to work on Windows. I think it
> would make sense to consult Linux and/or BSD to see if they have
> workarounds for certain hardware if we have problems on Haiku.

You may want to look at:

http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/index.php
http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/view.php

to see how many broken ACPI tables there are out there, and fixes for 
them...

François.