From: Paul Menage <menage-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: arjanv-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
Cc: agrover-qb8aLOKklSjp4P8CbLYnNQ@public.gmane.org,
linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: ACPI global lock macros
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 01:42:34 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FD5990A.9020908@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1070962573.5223.2.camel-PDvaWZGbcxi0rsOeZxrteAC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>
> maybe the odd thing is that it exists at all?
> (eg why does ACPI need to have it's own locking primitives...)
Because the ACPI spec defines its own locking protocol for
synchronization between the OS and the BIOS.
Paul
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From: Paul Menage <menage@google.com>
To: arjanv@redhat.com
Cc: agrover@groveronline.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: ACPI global lock macros
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 01:42:34 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FD5990A.9020908@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1070962573.5223.2.camel@laptop.fenrus.com>
Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>
> maybe the odd thing is that it exists at all?
> (eg why does ACPI need to have it's own locking primitives...)
Because the ACPI spec defines its own locking protocol for
synchronization between the OS and the BIOS.
Paul
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-09 9:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-09 9:22 ACPI global lock macros Paul Menage
2003-12-09 9:22 ` Paul Menage
[not found] ` <3FD59441.2000202-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2003-12-09 9:36 ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-12-09 9:36 ` Arjan van de Ven
[not found] ` <1070962573.5223.2.camel-PDvaWZGbcxi0rsOeZxrteAC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2003-12-09 9:42 ` Paul Menage [this message]
2003-12-09 9:42 ` Paul Menage
[not found] ` <3FD5990A.9020908-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2003-12-09 9:43 ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-12-09 9:43 ` Arjan van de Ven
[not found] ` <20031209094356.GA19702-s/M1imWmeEoQw3kMeb7FcACJwEvxM/w9@public.gmane.org>
2003-12-09 9:50 ` Paul Menage
2003-12-09 9:50 ` Paul Menage
2003-12-10 7:45 ` Andi Kleen
2003-12-10 7:45 ` [ACPI] " Andi Kleen
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2003-12-09 18:20 Grover, Andrew
[not found] ` <F760B14C9561B941B89469F59BA3A8470255EFB3-sBd4vmA9Se4Lll3ZsUKC9FDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>
2003-12-09 19:04 ` Paul Menage
2003-12-11 7:06 Yu, Luming
2003-12-11 8:07 ` [ACPI] " Andi Kleen
[not found] ` <20031211090716.0c3662d3.ak-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2003-12-11 8:27 ` Paul Menage
[not found] ` <3ACA40606221794F80A5670F0AF15F8401720C21-SRlDPOYGfgogGBtAFL8yw7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2003-12-11 8:20 ` Paul Menage
2003-12-11 7:27 Yu, Luming
[not found] ` <3ACA40606221794F80A5670F0AF15F8401720C22-SRlDPOYGfgogGBtAFL8yw7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2003-12-11 17:46 ` Nate Lawson
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