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From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
To: "Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@intel.com>
Cc: "Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com>,
	linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Subject: Re: ACPI requesting I/O ports?
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 10:21:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070303102142.6d1ed107.khali@linux-fr.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B28E9812BAF6E2498B7EC5C427F293A402021AFD@orsmsx415.amr.corp.intel.com>

Hi Robert,

On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 14:05:45 -0800, Moore, Robert wrote:
> Port addresses can be dynamically generated by the AML code and thus,
> there is no way that the ACPI subsystem can statically predict any
> addresses that will be accessed by the AML.

Can you please explain in greater details how "dynamical" it is? Any
real world example you could present?

Also, you say that port addresses _can_ be dynamically generated, which
suggests that some are not, so the ACPI subsystem could at least
properly request these ones?

Thanks,
-- 
Jean Delvare

      reply	other threads:[~2007-03-03  9:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-02 21:14 ACPI requesting I/O ports? Jean Delvare
2007-03-02 22:05 ` Moore, Robert
2007-03-03  9:21   ` Jean Delvare [this message]

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