From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karol Kozimor Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] acpi: fix asus_acpi on Samsung P30/P35 Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:37:29 +0100 Message-ID: <20060104163729.GA6533@hell.org.pl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-acpi-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: "Brown, Len" Cc: stable-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, akpm-3NddpPZAyC0@public.gmane.org, Greek0-hi6Y0CQ0nG0@public.gmane.org, linux-acpi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Thus wrote Brown, Len: > Due to necessary bug compatibility with MS, we're stuck with > the implicit return workaround behaviour for the forseeable future. I suppose so. > acpi=struct exists so that OEMs can use Linux (and ACPICA) > to test their BIOS. Linux should do the right thing with > or without it -- but I would expect it to be enabled only in > the test lab in practice. > > Note that in any case, acpi_strict is not intended to be > changed at run-time -- for who knows what other workarounds > other threads may be in the middle of when it might be changed... That's exactly the reason I didn't push this concept further. Having a Big ACPI Lock to accompany BKL is an interesting idea, but I doubt it would catch on. OTOH, it would be nice to have 'my laptop boots with acpi=strict' stickers to give out on trade shows. People would love it. > The only question is what to do for 2.6.14/15 stable. > A. apply this patch after it is tested in 2.6.16? > B. wait for an update to replace this patch? Ugh, 5 am is not exactly the best time to sound clear and concise. What I meant was, in short: 1. The patch applied to acpi-test is sufficient for stable (i.e. 2.6.15.x). 2. I will provide another patch for acpi-test with my next batch of updates. These will go into 2.6.16, .17 or whatever. Until this time, however, the patch supplied stays at acpi-test. Best regards, -- Karol 'sziwan' Kozimor sziwan-DETuoxkZsSqrDJvtcaxF/A@public.gmane.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html