2.5.x - acpi doesn't like my power status

[CaT <cat@zip.com.au>]

ACPI works on my laptop except for one major thing. The AC and battery
status never gets reported. On bootup the kernel spits out the
following:

ACPI: RSDP (v000 PTLTD                      ) @ 0x000f6a90
ACPI: RSDT (v001 PTLTD    RSDT   01540.00001) @ 0x0fff9b81
ACPI: FADT (v001 GATEWA SOLO5300 01540.00001) @ 0x0ffffb65
ACPI: BOOT (v001 PTLTD  $SBFTBL$ 01540.00001) @ 0x0ffffbd9
ACPI: DSDT (v001 GATEWA SOLO5300 01540.00001) @ 0x00000000
ACPI: BIOS passes blacklist
...
ACPI: Subsystem revision 20030228
 tbxface-0117 [03] acpi_load_tables      : ACPI Tables successfully acquired
Parsing all Control
Methods:...................................................................................................................
Table [DSDT] - 578 Objects with 50 Devices 115 Methods 29 Regions
ACPI Namespace successfully loaded at root c062a5bc
evxfevnt-0092 [04] acpi_enable           : Transition to ACPI mode successful
   evgpe-0416 [06] ev_create_gpe_block   : GPE Block: 2 registers at 000000000000800C
   evgpe-0421 [06] ev_create_gpe_block   : GPE Block defined as GPE0 to GPE15
Executing all Device _STA and_INI methods:....[ACPI Debug] String:
ISA_INI
[ACPI Debug] String: LPT Decode Enabled At Boot
[ACPI Debug] Integer: 0000000000000378
[ACPI Debug] String: COM1 Decode Enabled At Boot
[ACPI Debug] Integer: 00000000000003F8
[ACPI Debug] String: FDC Decode Enabled At Boot
[ACPI Debug] Integer: 00000000000003F0
[ACPI Debug] String: General-Purpose Decode #12 Enabled At Boot
[ACPI Debug] Integer: 000000000000FE00
[ACPI Debug] String: General-Purpose Decode #13 Enabled At Boot
[ACPI Debug] Integer: 0000000000000398
...................................[ACPI Debug] String: MOON_2 Status
......
45 Devices found containing: 45 _STA, 2 _INI methods
Completing Region/Field/Buffer/Package initialization:.......................................................................................
Initialized 22/29 Regions 4/4 Fields 31/31 Buffers 30/34 Packages (578 nodes)
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00)
PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
[ACPI Debug] Buffer: Length 06
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs *10)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 10, disabled)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 11, disabled)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs *11)
ACPI: Embedded Controller [EC0] (gpe 9)
[ACPI Debug] String: MOON_2 Status
[ACPI Debug] String: MOON_2 Status
evregion-0341: *** Error: Handler for [EmbeddedControl] returned AE_BAD_PARAMETER
 dswexec-0421 [22] ds_exec_end_op        : [Store]: Could not resolve operands, AE_BAD_PARAMETER
 psparse-1121: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.AC0_._STA] (Node cff7ee
54), AE_BAD_PARAMETER
evregion-0341: *** Error: Handler for [EmbeddedControl] returned AE_BAD_PARAMETE
R
 dswexec-0421 [22] ds_exec_end_op        : [Store]: Could not resolve operands, AE_BAD_PARAMETER
 psparse-1121: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.BAT0._STA] (Node cff7d2
8c), AE_BAD_PARAMETER
evregion-0341: *** Error: Handler for [EmbeddedControl] returned AE_BAD_PARAMETE
R
 dswexec-0421 [22] ds_exec_end_op        : [Store]: Could not resolve operands, AE_BAD_PARAMETER
 psparse-1121: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1._STA] (Node cff7d7
6c), AE_BAD_PARAMETER

And on unplugging and plugging in the power I get the following:

evregion-0341: *** Error: Handler for [EmbeddedControl] returned AE_BAD_PARAMETER
 dswexec-0421 [22] ds_exec_end_op        : [Store]: Could not resolve operands, AE_BAD_PARAMETER
 psparse-1121: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.ISA_.EC0_._Q03] (Node c12ca154), AE_BAD_PARAMETER
evregion-0341: *** Error: Handler for [EmbeddedControl] returned AE_BAD_PARAMETER
 dswexec-0421 [25] ds_exec_end_op        : [Store]: Could not resolve operands, AE_BAD_PARAMETER
 psparse-1121: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.ISA_.EC0_._Q03] (Node c12ca154), AE_BAD_PARAMETER

Would it be possible to get power status support in? :)

Oh yeah. Relevant .config options:

# ACPI Support
CONFIG_ACPI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_AC=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y
CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y
CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y
CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y
CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ=y
# CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_PROC_INTF is not set

Thanks. (not on the acpi-devel list btw... 1000 msgs/day is enough for
me :)

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