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[Nicolas Joyard <joyard.nicolas@xxxxxxxxx>]

_DSM methods are containers for "Device Specific Methods". Usually, the
first one is a unique identifier (a 16 byte buffer) and the third one is
used to select the subfunction needed. Could you send your DSDT table so we
can help analyzing  argument uses ?

Nicolas JOYARD



On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 04:49, Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía <samsagax@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> I'm having a hard time guessing some arguments.
> This is for those who have a Dell laptop. As far as I see, most of them
> need to do a call to the Method "\DEVICE._DSM" with 4 arguments. The
> first and second I had tried them looking at the "IF's" statements in
> SDST compiled file but my problem is with the last argument. I want to
> know how you (the ones who guessed that for Dell M11x and XPS and so on)
> figured the numbers out of that argument?
> Is a buffer of 4 values:
> {0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0}
> But can't figure those values out...
>
> I have no idea about what all these methods do, except their return
> values. As far as I see we need to get into the first "If" statement in
> the "\DEVICE._OFF" method to accomplish an adequate turn off.
>
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Joaquín Ignacio Aramendía <samsagax@xxxxxxxxx>
>
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