cvs commit: src/sys/dev/acpica acpi_cmbat.c

[Nate Lawson]

David W. Chapman Jr. wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 06:36:07PM +0000, Nate Lawson wrote:
> 
>>njl         2004-08-17 18:36:07 UTC
>>
>>  FreeBSD src repository
>>
>>  Modified files:
>>    sys/dev/acpica       acpi_cmbat.c 
>>  Log:
>>  Fix a deadlock on boot for some systems where reading the battery status
>>  also generates a notify.  Since we held the lock over this call, the
>>  notify never got to run and the battery status read never returned.
>>  Document this also.
>>  
> 
> I've had a problem booting -CURRENT on my laptop for quite some 
> time.  It would completely lock the machine while loading the kernel.  Might this 
> fix that?
> 

Depends when "quite some time" was and what you mean by "loading the 
kernel".  If it appeared on Aug. 12 and happens at the end of boot right 
after starting init, this is likely to fix your problem.

-- 
Nate