On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, Jared D. McNeill wrote:

> On 7-Jul-07, at 7:55 PM, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
>> On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 19:31:36 -0400 (EDT)
>> "Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill@invisible.ca> wrote:
>>> One small correction -- the issue isn't with our ACPI support, it is
>>> a lack of proper power management within the USB HCD device drivers
>>> (and most other device drivers on NetBSD as well). The fact that
>>> suspend/resume works on some configurations is pretty much a fluke.
>>> 
>> Understood, but it's a distinction without a difference.  On my T42, I
>> can do suspend/resume with APM, but not with ACPI, which means that on
>> ACPI-only machines, I'm toast.  (It's also why I may have to switch to
>> FreeBSD or Linux in the fall, when I get a new laptop.  It's not that
>> I want to; rather, it's that a laptop that doesn't do suspend/resume
>> properly is useless to me.)
>
> So, lets work on making it better :-)

 	We just need someone with time, ACPI knowledge (or time to
 	learn), and access to a suitable laptop to work on it.

 	Have have ~0 of the first, and not an overabundance of the
 	second, but I'm happy to help someone with both to get a
 	suitable laptop...

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