From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Introduce acpi_root_table=rsdt boot param and dmi list to force rsdt - also add R51e Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:08:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <1210259416.6710.13.camel@hammer1.suse.de> <200805081609.08810.lenb@kernel.org> <1213581031.30416.11.camel@yakui_zhao.sh.intel.com> <200806161719.06184.trenn@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from vms173003pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.3]:52299 "EHLO vms173003pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757870AbYFPXJK (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:09:10 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([72.93.254.151]) by vms173003.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0K2K00BCDWB0O2B4@vms173003.mailsrvcs.net> for linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:09:01 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: <200806161719.06184.trenn@suse.de> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: trenn Cc: Zhao Yakui , linux-acpi , me@markdoughty.co.uk > > In fact we have another similar bug: > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8246 > > > > The 32/64X address mismatch also exists on the laptop of IBM R51e. > ... > Thanks. > Below is a version with the R51e included. Appropriate workaround for a distro release? Yes. Appropriate patch for upstream? No. Upstream should fix the root cause, which is to figure out when the RSDT and XSDT disagree, which Windows is using, and use that one. Littering upstream with DMI entries simply hides the test cases that we know about and delays the correct fix. -Len