From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: [PATCH 085/105] ACPICA: clear fields reserved before FADT r3 Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:51:25 -0400 Message-ID: <117782238310-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> References: <11778223052751-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223068-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223072296-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223083747-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223081771-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <1177822309524-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <1177822310688-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223112050-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223122850-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223131932-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223143898-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223151972-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223152006-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223161614-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223173663-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223183783-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223192706-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223201940-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223212414-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223211710-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223222525-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223233885-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <1177822324973-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223251849-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <1177822326583-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223273782-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223282154-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223282215-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223304019-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <1177822331727-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <117782233197-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223331858-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223353919-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <1177822337332-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223382880-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223392178-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223401417-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223411658-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223412672-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223423-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <1177822343712-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223442065-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223452843-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223461282-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223472316-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <1177822347845-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <1177822348546-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223493327-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223502745-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223512990-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <1177822352591-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223532461-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223544100-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223553521-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223551720-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223562656-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223571390-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223581484-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223593048-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223602019-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223612093-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <117782236226-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223624095-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223633408-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <1177822364262-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223653391-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223663850-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223673988-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <1177822368767-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <1177822368793-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223692377-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <1177822370442-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <1177822371935-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223721984-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223732286-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223733679-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223741-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223752175-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <1177822376123-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223771048-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223782086-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223792074-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223802796-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223812071-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> <11778223823637-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> Return-path: Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:18569 "EHLO mga02.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756193AbXD2ExG (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:53:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: <11778223823637-git-send-email-len.brown@intel.com> Message-Id: <79fff270026dc46634563a29b99e4034028ee919.1177822058.git.len.brown@intel.com> In-Reply-To: References: Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Cc: Bob Moore , Len Brown From: Bob Moore Linux-2.6.21 stopped booting on a P4/HT because Linux wrote the FADT.CST_CNT value to the SMI_CMD. Apparently this stumbled over some SMM instability, such as confusing SMM when invoking it from cpu1. Linux did this because even though the r2 FADT reserves the CST_CNT field, this BIOS set that field and Linux used it. Turns out that up through 2.6.20 we explicitly cleared cst_control for r2 FADTs. So here we go back to doing that, plus also clear some additional fields that are reserved until FADT r3. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8346 Signed-off-by: Bob Moore Signed-off-by: Len Brown --- drivers/acpi/tables/tbfadt.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables/tbfadt.c b/drivers/acpi/tables/tbfadt.c index 807c711..1db833e 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/tables/tbfadt.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/tables/tbfadt.c @@ -347,6 +347,18 @@ static void acpi_tb_convert_fadt(void) acpi_gbl_xpm1b_enable.space_id = acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm1a_event_block.space_id; } + + /* + * For ACPI 1.0 FADTs, ensure that reserved fields (which should be zero) + * are indeed zero. This will workaround BIOSs that inadvertently placed + * values in these fields. + */ + if (acpi_gbl_FADT.header.revision < 3) { + acpi_gbl_FADT.preferred_profile = 0; + acpi_gbl_FADT.pstate_control = 0; + acpi_gbl_FADT.cst_control = 0; + acpi_gbl_FADT.boot_flags = 0; + } } /****************************************************************************** -- 1.5.2.rc0.34.gda94