cvs commit: src/sys/contrib/dev/acpica dsmthdat.c

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <20040105091847.S22517 at root.org>
            Nate Lawson <nate at root.org> writes:
: On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Stijn Hoop wrote:
: > On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 10:35:01PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote:
: > > njl         2004/01/03 22:35:01 PST
: > >
: > >   FreeBSD src repository
: > >
: > >   Modified files:        (Branch: INTEL)
: > >     sys/contrib/dev/acpica dsmthdat.c
: > >   Log:
: > >   Fix for "UtAllocate: Attempt to allocate zero bytes" warnings on Dell
: > >   laptops that resulted in problems reading battery status.  Don't
: > >   copy Buffers, Packages, or Regions in DsStoreObjectToLocal().
: > >
: > >   Tested by:      scottl, sam
: > >   Submitted by:   Luming Yu (Intel)
: >
: > Does this obsolete Mark Santcroos' patch available from my page
: > (http://sandcat.nl/~stijn/freebsd/dell.php)? If so, I'll add a note to
: > that effect to the page. Unfortunately I won't have time to test this myself,
: > so I'd appreciate it if someone else can verify this.
: 
: Yes, I believe it does.  However, it breaks my T23's battery state due to
: the refcount change.  So I don't think this fix will stay in this form.

I can confirm that the fix fixes my Dell both with and without the
dell.php fixes.

Warner