From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 11:53:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 11:53:02 -0400 Received: from smtp.alcove.fr ([212.155.209.139]:11791 "EHLO smtp.alcove.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 11:52:44 -0400 Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 17:52:51 +0200 From: Stelian Pop To: Peter Koellner Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.4.8-ac5] Another Sony Vaio laptop with a broken APM... Message-ID: <20010816175251.M8473@come.alcove-fr> Reply-To: Stelian Pop In-Reply-To: <20010816173420.J8473@come.alcove-fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 05:47:17PM +0200, Peter Koellner wrote: > > However, the Vaio bioses list is getting bigger and bigger > > and I wonder if there is _any_ Vaio laptop that gets this > > item right. If not, we could just do a search on SYS_VENDOR / > > PRODUCT_NAME strings, like the is_sony_vaio_laptop test... > > > > Comments ? > > at least you got one with apm battery support at all, which is not the > case with lots of newer vaio laptops. if my observation is right, > sony and phoenix are about to remove apm support in the NoteBIOS > completely. most of the latest FX models seem to have their APM bios > completely broken. I should say that battery status is almost the only support I get from the BIOS. (suspend/resume was supported by the older Vaio bioses.) I'd qualify my C1VE Picturebook as a 80% ACPI - 20% APM machine. I would not be surprised at all if newer machines go 100% ACPI... :-( Stelian. -- Stelian Pop |---------------- Free Software Engineer -----------------| | Alcôve - http://www.alcove.com - Tel: +33 1 49 22 68 00 | |------------- Alcôve, liberating software ---------------|