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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI : Avoid bogus timeout about SMbus check
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:18:20 +0200
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On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 01:57:34PM +0800, Zhao Yakui wrote:
> Subject: ACPI: Avoid bogus timeout about SMbus check
> >From :  Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@intel.com>
> 
> In the function of wait_transaction_complete when the timeout happens,
> OS will try to check the status of SMbus again. If the status is what OS
> expected, it will be regarded as the bogus timeout. Otherwise it will be
> treated as ETIME.
> 
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10483

I added it for 2.6.27 thanks (since it seems to be a regression) 

-Andi