RE: [ACPI] ACPI patches updated (20030228)

[Grover, A. <and...@in...>]

> From: Markus Gaugusch [mailto:ma...@ga...] 
> On Feb 28, Grover, Andrew <and...@in...> wrote:
> > This includes a LOT of fixes for longstanding bugs. If you have had
> > issues in the past with long delays or oopses on reads from 
> the battery
> > [...] please try this patch.
> I didn't have oopses, but reading the battery on my Sony Vaio 
> FX405 took
> 0.1 secs kernel time. Unfortunately it is still the same :(
> This is 2.4.21pre4 with 20030228 patch.
> 
> Anyway, thanks for your effort!

Is 0.1 sec at all better than it was before?

What does your machine's _BST look like? I wonder if it is calling
Stall() or something.

Regards -- Andy