From: Bruno Ducrot <ducrot-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
To: "Grover, Andrew" <andrew.grover-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>,
Stefan Behlert <behlert-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>,
ACPI mailing list
<acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>,
trenn-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org, "Brown,
Len" <len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: ACPI C4 support
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:52:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040302095253.GC2869@poupinou.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F760B14C9561B941B89469F59BA3A8470255F035-sBd4vmA9Se4Lll3ZsUKC9FDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>
On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 01:26:09PM -0800, Grover, Andrew wrote:
> > From: Pavel Machek [mailto:pavel-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org]
> > If there is old BIOS guide telling them to use length of 7, could we
> > make Linux accept that? Its likely a lot of developers have read
> > that...
> >
> > Allowing length of 7 is one line change; if we do it, such notebooks
> > will be able to use C1..C3, but not C4. That does not seem too bad...
>
> I would favor being a little more demanding before adding a hack. This
> could be EASILY fixed by a BIOS update, now that the BIOS developer
> knows it is wrong. If this is a common BIOS error then maybe that
> changes things.
>
> BTW, hey wasn't someone going to implement _CST support? FreeBSD already
> has this, we're behind*! ;-)
>
> Regards -- Andy
>
> * not that any systems use it yet, but it's coming
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1958
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Bruno Ducrot
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-01 21:26 ACPI C4 support Grover, Andrew
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2004-03-02 9:52 ` Bruno Ducrot [this message]
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2004-03-01 19:03 Grover, Andrew
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2004-03-01 19:16 ` Pavel Machek
2004-03-01 19:27 ` Pavel Machek
[not found] ` <20040301192738.GA9459-I/5MKhXcvmPrBKCeMvbIDA@public.gmane.org>
2004-03-01 19:39 ` Bruno Ducrot
[not found] ` <20040301193917.GA2869-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2004-03-02 22:22 ` Stefan Seyfried
2004-02-28 16:10 Pavel Machek
[not found] ` <20040228161011.GA10448-I/5MKhXcvmPrBKCeMvbIDA@public.gmane.org>
2004-03-01 15:28 ` Bruno Ducrot
[not found] ` <20040301152810.GT2869-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2004-03-01 18:09 ` Stefan Behlert
[not found] ` <20040301180958.GI2624-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2004-03-01 19:48 ` Bruno Ducrot
[not found] ` <20040301194825.GB2869-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2004-03-02 10:17 ` Stefan Behlert
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