The following reply was made to PR port-i386/36077; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: antiright@gmail.com
Subject: Re: port-i386/36077: acpiec0 GPE query failure
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:24:12 +0100

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 On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:10:00AM +0000, antiright@gmail.com wrote:
 > >Number:         36077
 > >Category:       port-i386
 > >Synopsis:       acpiec0 GPE query failure
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       serious
 > >Priority:       medium
 > >Responsible:    port-i386-maintainer
 > >State:          open
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   net
 > >Arrival-Date:   Sat Mar 24 10:10:00 +0000 2007
 > >Originator:     Jeffrey Bedard
 > >Release:        4.99.16
 > >Organization:
 > >Environment:
 > NetBSD mobile 4.99.16 NetBSD 4.99.16 (MOBILE) #1: Sat Mar 24 05:37:41 EDT=
  2007  src@mobile:/usr/sources/src-current/sys/arch/i386/compile/MOBILE i386
 > >Description:
 > At the console, the following error message is repeated:
 >=20
 > acpiec0: evaluation of GPE query method _Q3F failed: AE_NOT_FOUND
 >=20
 > This is on a Compaq Presario 1700 laptop.
 > It does not appear to affect
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > Boot a current kernel with acpiec driver enabled
 > (on a Compaq Presario 1700).
 > >Fix:
 > The work-around is to disable acpiec in the kernel config.
 > No fix known.
 
 This is an issue with the vendor's ACPI table, not a NetBSD problem...
 
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 Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
 "You could have made it, spitting out benchmarks
 Owe it to yourself not to fail"
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