Re: Fw: ACPI, pm timer and ASUS a8v

[Andrew Morton <akpm-3NddpPZAyC0@public.gmane.org>]

"Li, Shaohua" <shaohua.li-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> >> How about add something like this:
> >> if (fadt->revision >= FADT2_REVISION_ID) {
> >> 		/* FADT rev. 2 */
> >> 		if (fadt->xpm_tmr_blk.address_space_id !=
> >> ACPI_ADR_SPACE_SYSTEM_IO)
> >> 			return 0;
> >>
> >> 		pmtmr_ioport = fadt->xpm_tmr_blk.address;
> >> +		if (!pmtmr_ioport)
> >> +			pmtmr_ioport = fadt->V1_pm_tmr_blk;
> >> 	} else {
> >> 		/* FADT rev. 1 */
> >> 		pmtmr_ioport = fadt->V1_pm_tmr_blk;
> >> 	}
> >
> >this works
> Great.
> 
> >
> >ps.
> >	I opened as andrew suggested a bug report:
> >http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5283
> >ds.
> Ok, I'll attach a formal patch into bugzilla.

Please email a copy?  I fear that patches which go into bugzilla never come
out again ;)

At least, not sufficiently promptly.  We need to get fixups like this into
mainline quickly.



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