Re: [BISECTED] (REGRESSION) HP G7000 battery disappears aftersuspend

From: Alan Cox
Date: Wed Jul 08 2009 - 18:25:19 EST


> Now, the only case this patch can make any difference is when the BIOS doesn't
> set SCI_EN before returning control the the kernel, which quite evidently is a
> BIOS bug. The fact that the battery doesn't work with this patch applied means
> that the BIOS not only doesn't set SCI_EN, but also expects it to remain unset,
> which is insane.
>
> IMO this is a "won't fix", sorry.

It's an "oh god we need another DMI entry" case and a regression so it
wants fixing for the next -rc.

Alan
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