From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dominik Brodowski Subject: Re: [PATHC] Relaxed syntax for the processor PBLK length Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:29:40 +0100 Message-ID: <20050131162940.GA4939@dominikbrodowski.de> References: <41FD3E02.8010701@tremplin-utc.net> <20050131145836.GA1145@poupinou.org> <41FE4ABF.9040100@tremplin-utc.net> <20050131152931.GC1145@poupinou.org> <20050131155917.GA4416@dominikbrodowski.de> <41FE595D.5020605@tremplin-utc.net> <20050131162628.GA4911@dominikbrodowski.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050131162628.GA4911-X3ehHDuj6sIIGcDfoQAp7BvVK+yQ3ZXh@public.gmane.org> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Eric Piel Cc: Bruno Ducrot , Nate Lawson , len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 05:26:28PM +0100, Dominik Brodowski wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 05:14:21PM +0100, Eric Piel wrote: > > Dominik Brodowski a =E9crit : > > > > > >IIRC my desktop has a pblk of 5, and enabling _C2_ causes random loc= kups. > > > > > >See also: > > >http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=3Dacpi4linux&m=3D104570606821625&w=3D= 2 > >=20 > > Hummm, then I guess that my patch is not so welcome :-( Anyway, note=20 > > that this patch allows a wrong PBLK length only if the syntax is=20 > > relaxed. If your computer has a broken C2 state you could still force= =20 > > the strict syntax and it would boot. >=20 > However, Len's message indicates that I wasn't the only one who complai= ned > :-( That should state "Andy's" instead of "Len's"... and random lockups are n= ot a nice thing to debug... So I'd prefer a command line or DMI option which= allows for C2 on broken syntax. Dominik ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl