From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: "Berahalli, Sreenivasa Reddy" <sreenivasa-reddy.berahalli@hp.com>
Cc: "linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: FW: ACPI Warning: Invalid length for Pm1aControlBlock: 32, using default 16 (20090903/tbfadt-607)
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 23:00:54 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110115230053.GA22873@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <88E058D95F1C6047975B85AB9C600B1F6DB20525AF@GVW1342EXA.americas.hpqcorp.net>
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 06:33:13PM +0000, Berahalli, Sreenivasa Reddy wrote:
> This warning message means the length of register in the ACPI tables and the default values are different.
> We see it as over-aggressive check in Linux, with no issue.
Linux sees it as a deviation between the BIOS and the spec, which may
cause issues if it turns out that we treat this behaviour differently to
tested operating systems. Why not fix your BIOS?
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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2011-01-14 18:33 FW: ACPI Warning: Invalid length for Pm1aControlBlock: 32, using default 16 (20090903/tbfadt-607) Berahalli, Sreenivasa Reddy
2011-01-15 23:00 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
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