Fixing my DSDT. Do I have to learn another language?
Hi,
I own a Uniwill 255II3, and occasionally my system thinks the battery is almost empty (XP has the same problem on this laptop BTW).
Looking at the syslog I get about every minute:
Dec 11 09:51:05 raarts-ttec kernel: ACPI-0412: *** Error: Handler for [EmbeddedControl] returned AE_TIME Dec 11 09:51:05 raarts-ttec kernel: ACPI-0508: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.BAT0._BST] (Node c145c9e0), AE_TIME
I found out about DSDT's, and determined that mine must contain errors, I need to fix it, and boot my system with the fixed table.
I dumped my current DSDT, decompiled mine using iasl and looked at it.
This is where I am now. I have looked at the ACPI spec, and this spec is 631 pages. Do I have to learn this language to fix the fact that my system occasionally thinks it has an empty battery? Maybe someone can give me a hint on how to handle it? I made it available here: http://www.netland.nl/download/dsdt.dsl
(temporary link).
Another question (sorry): I also own some Apple iBooks. When I close the lid, they go into a state where the laptop only preserves its RAM image, and when I open the lid the system is back within 3 seconds. An iBook can stay this way for a week, before the battery wears out.
Can I get this to work on this Uniwill laptop with Intel Pentium M processor and 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV chipset? Will it last just as long as the iBook?
I am disappointed by the fact that these Intel laptops continuously spin up their cooling fan, this is very annoying. People I talk to seem to take this for granted, but The iBooks I have used to far were totally quiet, and the fan almost never needed to kick in. So I am trying every trick in the book to let it run cooler.
Thanks,
Ron Arts
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Quoted 17 lines · Ron Arts
Hi,
I own a Uniwill 255II3, and occasionally my system thinks the battery is almost empty
(XP has the same problem on this laptop BTW).Looking at the syslog I get about every minute:
Dec 11 09:51:05 raarts-ttec kernel: ACPI-0412: *** Error: Handler for [EmbeddedControl] returned AE_TIME Dec 11 09:51:05 raarts-ttec kernel: ACPI-0508: *** Error: Methodexecution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.BAT0._BST] (Node
c145c9e0),AE_TIMEI found out about DSDT's, and determined that mine must contain errors, I need
to fix it, and boot my system with the fixed table.
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I dumped my current DSDT, decompiled mine using iasl and looked at it.
This is where I am now. I have looked at the ACPI spec, and this spec is 631 pages.
Do I have to learn this language to fix the fact that my system occasionally thinks it has an empty battery?
I don't think so.
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Maybe someone can give me a hint on how to
handle it? I made it available here: http://www.netland.nl/download/dsdt.dsl
(temporary link).
The problem is here:
2358 Name (BFB0, Package (0x04)
2359 {
2360 0x00,
2361 0xFFFFFFFF,
2362 0x1034,
2363 0x2A30
2364 })
2365 Method (_BST, 0, NotSerialized)
2366 {
2367 Store ("BST Start", Debug)
2368 Store (\_SB.PCI0.SBRG.EC0.XST0, Index (BFB0, 0x00))
2369 Store (\_SB.PCI0.SBRG.EC0.XST2, Index (BFB0, 0x02))
2370 Store (\_SB.PCI0.SBRG.EC0.XST3, Index (BFB0, 0x03))
2371 Store ("BST End", Debug)
2372 Return (BFB0)
2373 }and a timeout happens on one of those lines: 2368, 2369 or 2370. The \_SB.PCI0.SBRG.EC0.XST0 (XST1...) are defined under an Embedded Controller region.
The fault come therefore from the EC. I don't know however if this is due to a bug under Linux, or under the EC's firmware. It may be possible that a bios upgrade (including an upgrade to the EC firmware) may fix this problem. Another quick an dirty hack that you may want to try is to increase the timeout things into
drivers/acpi/ec.c
for example, try to set 100 instead of 50 for ACPI_EC_DELAY
#define ACPI_EC_DELAY 50 /* Wait 50ms max. during EC ops */
and so on...
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Another question (sorry): I also own some Apple iBooks. When I close the lid, they
go into a state where the laptop only preserves its RAM image, and when I open the lid
the system is back within 3 seconds. An iBook can stay this way for a week, before
the battery wears out.Can I get this to work on this Uniwill laptop with Intel Pentium M processor and 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV chipset?
In theory yes, but can't tell for sure..
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Will it last just as long as the
iBook?
Don't know. But I don't think this will be the case. Maybe one or two days.
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I am disappointed by the fact that these Intel laptops continuously spin up their cooling fan, this is very annoying. People I talk to seem to take this for granted, but The iBooks I have used to far were totally quiet, and the fan almost never needed to kick in. So I am trying every trick in the book to let it run cooler.
It's not true. I saw the fan of my iBook going on, erm, when I wrote a driver to control that functionality...
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Hi,
I own a Uniwill 255II3, and occasionally my system thinks the battery is almost empty (XP has the same problem on this laptop BTW).
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Maybe someone can give me a hint on how to
handle it? I made it available here: http://www.netland.nl/download/dsdt.dsl
(temporary link).The problem is here:
2358 Name (BFB0, Package (0x04) 2359 { 2360 0x00, 2361 0xFFFFFFFF, 2362 0x1034, 2363 0x2A30 2364 }) 2365 Method (_BST, 0, NotSerialized) 2366 { 2367 Store ("BST Start", Debug) 2368 Store (\_SB.PCI0.SBRG.EC0.XST0, Index (BFB0, 0x00)) 2369 Store (\_SB.PCI0.SBRG.EC0.XST2, Index (BFB0, 0x02)) 2370 Store (\_SB.PCI0.SBRG.EC0.XST3, Index (BFB0, 0x03)) 2371 Store ("BST End", Debug) 2372 Return (BFB0) 2373 }and a timeout happens on one of those lines: 2368, 2369 or 2370. The \_SB.PCI0.SBRG.EC0.XST0 (XST1...) are defined under an Embedded Controller region.
The fault come therefore from the EC. I don't know however if this is due to a bug under Linux, or under the EC's firmware. It may be possible that a bios upgrade (including an upgrade to the EC firmware) may fix this problem. Another quick an dirty hack that you may want to try is to increase the timeout things into
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drivers/acpi/ec.cfor example, try to set 100 instead of 50 for
ACPI_EC_DELAY
#defineACPI_EC_DELAY50 /* Wait 50ms max. during EC ops */and so on...
Thanks a lot for this knowledgale answer, I will definitely try this.
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I am disappointed by the fact that these Intel laptops continuously spin up their cooling fan, this is very annoying. People I talk to seem to take this for granted, but The iBooks I have used to far were totally quiet, and the fan almost never needed to kick in. So I am trying every trick in the book to let it run cooler.
It's not true. I saw the fan of my iBook going on, erm, when I wrote a driver to control that functionality...
:-)
Ron
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