Alexander Leidinger wrote: > is there a way to teach our ACPI implementation about > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:7:4: class=0x068000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x30571106 rev=0x40 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc' > device = 'VT82C686A/B ACPI Power Management Controller' > class = bridge > subclass = PCI-unknown
You could write code. There's documentation available from Via, but they only automatically give it to companies who are willing to sign NDA. They state on their site that they make decisions on sending technical documentation to Open Source driver writers "on a case by case basis" (which means they may tell you "no", even if you are willing to NDA). You may have better luck with converting a Linux driver, if there's source available for one somewhere. Be aware that if your machine is a "B" (82C686B), then you have the buggy version of the chip; you need to eiter not use the second IDE channel for anything, or you need a BIOS update, or you need to make BIOS advanced settings changes (if your BIOS supports it, if you have the documentation necessary to make the changes, if the values are unlabelled in your BIOS, and if you can find and read the German web site that talks about the settings). -- Terry _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
