From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Renninger Subject: Re: Re: _CST implementation Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 15:00:34 +0200 Message-ID: <4268F572.4090707@suse.de> References: <1113598244.8367.30.camel@scotchmobil> <20050418120744.GG2298@poupinou.org> <4263EDA2.4030106@suse.de> <20050419092251.GK2298@poupinou.org> <4264F251.5030705@suse.de> <20050419134518.GL2298@poupinou.org> <20050419200505.GE19499@message-id.gmane0305.slipkontur.de> <42656601.3060304@bartol.udel.edu> <20050420094556.GN2298@poupinou.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20050420094556.GN2298-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@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: Bruno Ducrot Cc: Rich Townsend , Stefan Seyfried , acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, scotch-cGBD8117FJM@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Bruno Ducrot wrote: > On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 04:11:45PM -0400, Rich Townsend wrote: >>Stefan Seyfried wrote: >>>On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 03:45:18PM +0200, Bruno Ducrot wrote: >>> >>> >>>>IOW, from spec we should not invalidate, but from "common practice" by >>>>bios writters, we should invalidate. >>> >>>What about a "spec_compliant_but_beware_of_stupid_bios_writers" module >>>parameter? ;-) >>I fear that would be set to nonzero on every system... >> > > That's the case already. This is the boot parameter > acpi=strict I do not think it is a good idea to make this depend on acpi=strict. Normally !acpi_strict enables features for some broken BIOS. In this case !acpi_strict disables them. There still is max_cstates if something goes terribly wrong. I never saw such a machine, are there many of them out there? Janosch: Did you get the 1001 latency state to work? Thomas ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click