From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: Re: [ltp] Re: [RESEND] [PATCH 2/3] Introduce acpi_root_table=rsdt boot param and dmi list to force rsdt Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:04:16 +0200 Message-ID: <200810212104.17398.rjw@sisk.pl> References: <200810192350.57993.trenn@suse.de> <20081021155030.GA32492@srcf.ucam.org> <20081021165804.GB21989@khazad-dum.debian.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:54738 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751277AbYJUS77 (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:59:59 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20081021165804.GB21989@khazad-dum.debian.net> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh Cc: Matthew Garrett , Thomas Renninger , Len Brown , linux-acpi , Zhao Yakui , me@markdoughty.co.uk, linux-thinkpad , "devel@acpica.org" On Tuesday, 21 of October 2008, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 01:46:15PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > > This is all nice and true, HOWEVER apparently all of us lack the hardware > > > and lab setup to perform the testing. And I haven't seen anyone publish > > > clear instructions we could ask a Vista user to do, either. > > > > Boot Vista on R40e. If machine hangs after ACPI is brought up, Vista > > uses 64-bit addresses under all circumstances. > > Is it hanging on Linux? > > Anyway, I just asked if anyone managed to install Vista on the R40e in the > thinkpad forums. Let's hope some kind soul with a R40e will reply. But I > am against holding these patches any further. If we find a better way to do > things in the future, we deal with it then. FWIW, I agree.