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From: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, robert.moore@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ACPI: Add acpi_gbl_osi_data to OS headers
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:36:02 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1006041333350.4073@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1274283791-3380-2-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com>


> Different operating systems may wish to enable different workaround quirks
> depending on the _OSI methods called by the firmware.

I think that if this compatibility puzzle is solved,
then there is no reason that, say, BSD, would want to do something
different than Linux.

So I think it makes more sent to implement this workaround
inside ACPICA, and not in the Linux-specific code.

thanks,
Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center

  reply	other threads:[~2010-06-04 17:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-19 15:43 [PATCH 1/3] ACPI: Ignore the upper bits of SystemIO addresses Matthew Garrett
2010-05-19 15:43 ` [PATCH 2/3] ACPI: Add acpi_gbl_osi_data to OS headers Matthew Garrett
2010-06-04 17:36   ` Len Brown [this message]
2010-05-19 15:43 ` [PATCH 3/3] ACPI: Enable Windows ioport access compatibility on Windows-compatible systems Matthew Garrett
2010-05-19 16:25   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2010-05-19 16:38     ` Matthew Garrett
2010-05-19 16:18 ` [PATCH 1/3] ACPI: Ignore the upper bits of SystemIO addresses Bjorn Helgaas
2010-05-19 16:27   ` Matthew Garrett
2010-05-19 16:31     ` Moore, Robert

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