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This is the log and photo output of testing ACPI v 3.14 under none-SMP, PIC and APIC modes. /SMP /APIC hangs at the eCSlogo with KBDBASE.SYS listed by ALT-F2 at the bottom of the screen. The same occurs (no extra messages) with standard and debug versions of ACPI.PSD.

The system is based on an ASUS M2V-TVM motherboard with an AMD X2 dual core processor.

Q1: Does the acpideamon read the settings from acpid.cfg every few seconds?

2) Add options to ACPI Daemon config:

 run-on-start=x:\mamba.exe
 run-on-exit=x:\oooo.cmd
 run-on-suspend=e:\suspend.exe
 run-on-resume= 

Several eCS users reported their USB keyboards were dysfunctional during config.sys processing (see bugs 3233 and 3229 at ​http://bugs.ecomstation.nl/). It was assumed the problem was with the USB drivers. However, my testing suggests that ACPI.PSD disables legacy-mode operation for keyboard and mouse.

Environment:
Intel Core2 Quad CPU, Intel "Classic" mobo with ICH10
USBUHCD, USBEHCD, USBD - v10.162, 10.182, 10.183ga, 10.183-voyage_2012_06_20
USBHID - v10.162, 10.959 (from Rudi Ihle)
ACPI - v3.20.03, no switches
USB v1.1 keyboard and v2.0 mouse, plus PS/2 keyboard (having both keyboards attached did not affect results)

Methodology: On line 1 of config.sys, I put DEVICE=F:\OS2\BOOT\PAUSE.SYS so a keypress would be required immediately after the BASEDEVs had been loaded but before any other drivers loaded. For many tests, I changed this to "PAWSE.SYS" to get the kernel's error message instead. The results were the same either way.

Test 1: I tried each of the driver versions above. In every case, the USB keyboard failed to generate a keypress.

Test2: I REM'd-out every USB-related driver. By rights, Legacy Mode should have remained enabled and usable on the Desktop. Instead, the keyboard was dead for pause.sys and on the Desktop.

Test3: With all the USB drivers disabled, I also REM'd-out ACPI.PSD. The USB keyboard worked for pause.sys and on the Desktop. The mouse pointer moved but the buttons didn't work.

Test4: I reenabled all USB drivers but left ACPI disabled. The keyboard was usable in Legacy mode during config.sys processing and in full-featured mode after the USB drivers were loaded and initialized.

Since my original tests, I've also tried the /VW and/or /PIC switches with no change in result. Attached are the outputs from acpistat, acpitree, and pci.exe.