[ltp] Re: T21, hangs on ACPI resume

[Bret Comstock Waldow]

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On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:47, Alexis Parseghian wrote:

> Oh, and for what it's worth, BIOS rev is 1.14 ; according to the IBM
> website, there's nothing relevant in the more recent updates.

I will speculate here, and suggest that even though in deciding what to bot=
her=20
publishing in their description of what they at the time thought was releva=
nt=20
to supporting their designed Windows setup, IBM didn't say anything you can=
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see is relevant to a GNU/Linux ACPI install, that doesn't mean that the=20
people who fix the GNU/Linux ACPI code aren't relying on a change IBM made.

Intending no personal disrespect, can you see that your (current, temporary=
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inability to get ACPI working with GNU/Linux mitigates against relying on=20
your understanding of what's relevant?

I recommend you upgrade the BIOS so you are working with the same code as t=
he=20
people who are writing the GNU/Linux ACPI support - that's what they are=20
basing their fixes on.

And there is no other way to be sure about it - speculation !=3D reality.

Cheers,
Bret

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