Re: [Thinkpad] keyboard problem / keys stay locked

[Stefan Rotsch <linux@stefanrotsch.de>]

Am 2003.04.01 12:03 schrieb(en) Matthias Kretz:
Hi Matthias,

> Hi, there are a lot of error messages, yes. Do you have the ECDT 
> patch in your
> kernel? Did you update your BIOS? And if yes, how can I update the 
> BIOS
> without a floppy drive or Windoze?
I have a patched ECDT table compiled in the kernel. I haven't updated 
the BIOS - I also have neither a floppy nor Windows installed.

> Now to the error messages:
These are due to an ACPI bug. The following workaround posted on 
ACPI-Devel fixed it for me:
Comment out the
"if (ec_ecdt && ec_ecdt->uid == uid) {...}" block
in acpi_ec_add() of $KERNEL-SRC/drivers/acpi/ec.c and recompile the 
kernel.

hth,
Stefan