Armada 17xx, ACPI thermal management broken.

[Nikolas Britton]

Nate Lawson wrote:

> Nikolas Britton wrote:
>
>> When I try it with Linux it worked, in fact, here is a patch for 
>> kernel 2.6.7:
>> https://kilobyte.dyndns.info/linux/armada_1700_dsdt_linux-2.6.7.diff.bz2
>>
>> "Compaq Armada 1700/1750 ACPI/Sound/PM/i2c kernel patch:
>> This patch(2.6.7) fixes the DSDT (broken aml) at bootup (Fan Control 
>> works now, changed TZ trip points) and fixes the temperature problem. 
>> It also forces the i2c-bus to be enabled at startup and modifies the 
>> initial values mpu_io, io, irq, dma and dma16 of the soundcard, 
>> therefore there is no need to append them to kernel cmdline anymore 
>> (if you want to use oss).
>>
>> Note:
>> The fix is nonpersistent. "
>>
>> So as you see there is already a DSDT/AML/ASL/Whatever fix for it, It 
>> just needs to be ported to BSD.
>
>
> AML is OS-independent.  It's supplied by the BIOS.  Unfortunately, the 
> 'fixed' AML you've found is in binary form.
>
>> Is there a way I can just disable the ACPI thermal management, then I 
>> could use ACPI until someone with more clout and programming know how 
>> decides to fix it?
>
>
> Yes, see previously-mentioned hint in loader.conf.  It may not help 
> though since once ACPI is active, the BIOS often expects the OS to 
> manage everything so this may just disable your fans.  Be careful.
>
>> + * Intel ACPI Component Architecture
>> + * ASL Optimizing Compiler / AML Disassembler version 20030522 [May 
>> 23 2003]
>> + * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2003 Intel Corporation
>> + * Supports ACPI Specification Revision 2.0b
>> + * + * Compilation of "dsdt.asl" - Thu Mar 11 13:09:58 2004
>> + * + * C source code output
>> + *
>> + */
>
>
> Can you get the author of this patch to send you the raw "dsdt.asl", 
> instead of the compiled version?  If so, send it to me so I can diff 
> against the one I asked you to dump and post.
>
Thank you for responding, here is a copy of my asl (Compaq Armada 1750, 
6366/T14/6400/D/M/1): http://www.nbritton.org/uploads/compaq/armada_17xx.asl

I will email him and see what I/he can do,
    Thanks