DSDT from within windows?
Hello All,
After taking a look at (and trying to fix) the broken DSDT for my Acer TravelMate 382 laptop, I wondered if maybe Windows also allows OEMs to over-ride the DSDT. Maybe the hardware guys only had limited time to provide a hacked up version, and their driver writers provide a patched one later.
I've tried some googling, but found no hits thus far. Anyone know if it's possible to pull the active DSDT from a running Windows XP session? If it's possible, I might be willing to put Windows back on my laptop (which I'm proud to say is single-boot Linux) just to grab it and see.
I doubt I'm the first one to think of this, so if there's info about this being attempted before, let me know.
Thanks,
-Jing
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I wondered if maybe Windows also allows OEMs to over-ride the DSDT. Maybe the hardware guys only had limited time to provide a hacked up version, and their driver writers provide a patched one later.
I've tried some googling, but found no hits thus far. Anyone know if it's possible to pull the active DSDT from a running Windows XP session?
I've no idea how to get it from a live session, but perhaps you could grep the windows folder for the string "DSDT" to see what turns up?
Bernard.
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Thus wrote Jing Su:
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it's possible to pull the active DSDT from a running Windows XP session? If it's possible, I might be willing to put Windows back on my laptop (which I'm proud to say is single-boot Linux) just to grab it and see.
Yes, it's possible, see HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT in your registry.
Best regards,
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