--- drivers/acpi/acpi_system.c.orig	Mon Mar 18 14:29:45 2002
+++ drivers/acpi/acpi_system.c	Mon Mar 18 14:29:20 2002
@@ -415,40 +415,44 @@
 	loff_t			*ppos)
 {
 	int			result = 0;
-	char			outbuf[ACPI_MAX_STRING];
-	int			size = 0;
 	struct acpi_bus_event	event;
+	static char		str[ACPI_MAX_STRING];
+	static int		chars_remaining = 0;
+	static char		*ptr;
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE("acpi_system_read_event");
 
-	memset(&event, 0, sizeof(struct acpi_bus_event));
+	if (!chars_remaining) {
+		memset(&event, 0, sizeof(struct acpi_bus_event));
 
-	if (count < ACPI_MAX_STRING)
-		goto end;
-
-	if ((file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
-	    && (list_empty(&acpi_bus_event_list)))
-		return_VALUE(-EAGAIN);
-
-	result = acpi_bus_receive_event(&event);
-	if (0 != result) {
-		size = sprintf(outbuf, "error\n");
-		goto end;
+		if ((file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
+		    && (list_empty(&acpi_bus_event_list)))
+			return_VALUE(-EAGAIN);
+
+		result = acpi_bus_receive_event(&event);
+		if (0 != result) {
+			return_VALUE(-EIO);
+		}
+
+		chars_remaining = sprintf(str, "%s %s %08x %08x\n", 
+			event.device_class?event.device_class:"<unknown>",
+			event.bus_id?event.bus_id:"<unknown>", 
+			event.type, event.data);
+		ptr = str;
 	}
 
-	size = sprintf(outbuf, "%s %s %08x %08x\n", 
-		event.device_class?event.device_class:"<unknown>",
-		event.bus_id?event.bus_id:"<unknown>", 
-		event.type, 
-		event.data);
+	if (chars_remaining < count) {
+		count = chars_remaining;
+	}
 
-end:
-	if (copy_to_user(buffer, outbuf, size))
+	if (copy_to_user(buffer, ptr, count))
 		return_VALUE(-EFAULT);
 
-	*ppos += size;
+	*ppos += count;
+	chars_remaining -= count;
+	ptr += count;
 
-	return_VALUE(size);
+	return_VALUE(count);
 }
 
 static int