From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix polling policy in the absence of _TZP Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 11:14:33 +0100 Message-ID: <20080514101433.GA29757@srcf.ucam.org> References: <20080514010000.GB21608@srcf.ucam.org> <200805132319.39947.lenb@kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mjg.x.mythic-beasts.com ([93.93.128.6]:51593 "EHLO vavatch.codon.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753911AbYENKO4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2008 06:14:56 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200805132319.39947.lenb@kernel.org> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Len Brown Cc: linux-acpi@vger.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. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org