From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix polling policy in the absence of _TZP
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 11:14:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080514101433.GA29757@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200805132319.39947.lenb@kernel.org>
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:19:39PM -0400, Len Brown wrote:
> On Tuesday 13 May 2008, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > Fix Linux to conform to 11.3.18 of the ACPI spec 3.0. In the absence of
> > a _TZP method, we should be polling at a default frequency. While it can
> > be argued that "0" is a default frequency, I don't think that's what the
> > spec authors had in mind.
>
> Actually it is what the spec authors had in mind,
> and the spec is wrong. Yes, I can provide documentation
Hmm. Ok, I'll handle this differently.
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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-14 1:00 [PATCH] Fix polling policy in the absence of _TZP Matthew Garrett
2008-05-14 1:03 ` [PATCH 1/2] Add a list of processor objects to the ACPI core Matthew Garrett
2008-05-14 1:08 ` [PATCH 2/2] Add a passive cooling trip point if the firmware doesn't define one Matthew Garrett
2008-05-14 3:30 ` Len Brown
2008-05-14 9:33 ` Matthew Garrett
2008-05-14 15:37 ` Len Brown
2008-05-14 23:01 ` Matthew Garrett
2008-05-15 0:55 ` Zhang Rui
2008-05-15 1:04 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <1210814699.2929.10.camel@rzhang-crestline.sh.intel.com>
[not found] ` <20080515015831.GA14829@srcf.ucam.org>
2008-05-15 2:15 ` Zhang Rui
2008-05-15 2:24 ` Matthew Garrett
2008-05-15 3:06 ` Zhang Rui
2008-05-15 11:40 ` Matthew Garrett
2008-05-15 11:47 ` Andi Kleen
2008-05-15 12:02 ` Matthew Garrett
2008-05-14 3:19 ` [PATCH] Fix polling policy in the absence of _TZP Len Brown
2008-05-14 10:14 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
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