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From: Bruno Ducrot <ducrot-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
To: Stefan Seyfried
	<seife-T+3qhDtrTvDv8lqoKu5MV4HBZQ1bDw0s@public.gmane.org>
Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Re: ACPI_STRICT_COMPLIANCE (was RE: RE: ACPI -- Workaround forbroken DSDT)
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:49:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040216124946.GO13262@poupinou.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040216083435.GA23640-l0tNAEGuAhhzZ8+rp42Dbp9+tswZ0GTaehPwdyo5hKaELgA04lAiVw@public.gmane.org>

On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 09:34:35AM +0100, Stefan Seyfried wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 01:50:43AM +0100, Bruno Ducrot wrote:
>  
> > The 'toshiba return bug' is something like that:
> > 
> > Method(FOO) {
> > 	return (0)
> > }
> > 
> > Method(BAR) {
> > 	FOO()
> > }
> > 
> > If ACPI is pedantic, BAR return nothing.
> 
> Well, but it is a bug, so it _should_ fail with "acpi=strict", shouldn't it?

Yes.

> If "acpi=strict" is omitted, the bug can be worked around and the buyers of
> this crap can be happy.

Problem is that I don't know for what flavour of the no-named AML
interpreter that bug will be hit.  So at least the acpi=not_strict need
to be more fine grained.

-- 
Bruno Ducrot

--  Which is worse:  ignorance or apathy?
--  Don't know.  Don't care.


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      parent reply	other threads:[~2004-02-16 12:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-02-13  0:08 ACPI_STRICT_COMPLIANCE (was RE: RE: ACPI -- Workaround forbroken DSDT) Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)
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2004-02-13  0:50   ` Bruno Ducrot
     [not found]     ` <20040213005043.GE13262-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2004-02-16  8:34       ` Stefan Seyfried
     [not found]         ` <20040216083435.GA23640-l0tNAEGuAhhzZ8+rp42Dbp9+tswZ0GTaehPwdyo5hKaELgA04lAiVw@public.gmane.org>
2004-02-16 12:49           ` Bruno Ducrot [this message]

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