From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4/2.6 use xdsdt to print table header Date: 26 Jan 2004 16:58:31 -0500 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <1075154310.2485.35.camel@dhcppc4> References: <1073953935.6497.173.camel@patsy.fc.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1073953935.6497.173.camel-Wmjt7DDUnIVxnVILBQAtiA@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Alex Williamson Cc: linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, ACPI Developers List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Accepted. Thanks Alex, -Len On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 19:32, Alex Williamson wrote: > I'm resending this patch to get it into the main ACPI source. This > fixes a problem where the DSDT pointer in the FADT is NULL because it > uses the 64bit XDSDT instead. The current code is happy to map a NULL > address and return success to the caller. This can crash the system or > printout garbage headers to the console. It's a simple matter to check > table revision and use the XDSDT in favor of the DSDT. This has been > living happily in both the 2.4 and 2.6 ia64 tree for some time. Please > accept. Thanks, > > Alex ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265193AbUAZV6n (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:58:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265216AbUAZV6n (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:58:43 -0500 Received: from fmr04.intel.com ([143.183.121.6]:6589 "EHLO caduceus.sc.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265193AbUAZV6m (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:58:42 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4/2.6 use xdsdt to print table header From: Len Brown To: Alex Williamson Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ACPI Developers In-Reply-To: <1073953935.6497.173.camel@patsy.fc.hp.com> References: <1073953935.6497.173.camel@patsy.fc.hp.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1075154310.2485.35.camel@dhcppc4> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.3 Date: 26 Jan 2004 16:58:31 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Accepted. Thanks Alex, -Len On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 19:32, Alex Williamson wrote: > I'm resending this patch to get it into the main ACPI source. This > fixes a problem where the DSDT pointer in the FADT is NULL because it > uses the 64bit XDSDT instead. The current code is happy to map a NULL > address and return success to the caller. This can crash the system or > printout garbage headers to the console. It's a simple matter to check > table revision and use the XDSDT in favor of the DSDT. This has been > living happily in both the 2.4 and 2.6 ia64 tree for some time. Please > accept. Thanks, > > Alex