Hello,
I have a Sony Viao SR-33, and the sonypi driver would not work until I
applied this patch.
--- linux-2.4.9.orig/drivers/char/sonypi.c Wed Jul 4 16:41:33 2001
+++ linux-2.4.9/drivers/char/sonypi.c Thu Aug 23 09:17:06 2001
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@
sonypi_call1(0x82);
sonypi_call2(0x81, 0xff);
- sonypi_call1(0x92);
+ sonypi_call1(0x82);
printk(KERN_INFO "sonypi: Sony Programmable I/O Controller
driver v%d.%d
.\n",
SONYPI_DRIVER_MAJORVERSION,
I don't know if this works for the general case or if this machine is a
special case. I hope people with other vaio models will check.
Also this machine suffers from the swap_apm issue, here is a patch.
--- linux-2.4.9.orig/arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c Mon Aug 13
18:39:28 2001
+++ linux-2.4.9/arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c Thu Aug 23 09:03:41 2001
@@ -354,6 +354,11 @@
MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VERSION, "R0121Z1"),
MATCH(DMI_BIOS_DATE, "05/11/00"), NO_MATCH
} },
+ { swab_apm_power_in_minutes, "Sony VAIO", { /* Handle
problems with APM on Sony Vaio PCG-SR33 */
+ MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR, "Phoenix Technologies LTD"),
+ MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VERSION, "R0211D1"),
+ MATCH(DMI_BIOS_DATE, "05/30/01"), NO_MATCH
+ } },
{ NULL, }
};
Thanks.
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