From: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/16] ACPI: add DMI entry to work around another insane Toshiba BIOS
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:53:00 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1009291343160.3855@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100929173245.GA26718@srcf.ucam.org>
> > It looks like only Toshiba Satellite have this flaw.
>
> If the Leading Other OS is liberal in what it accepts, we're leaving
> ourselves open to reduced compatibility if someone else ends up making
> the same mistake. The hit looks to be around 300K or less.
We've been "open" to this issue ever since we started using
ACPI tables "in-place" many years ago. Only Toshiba Satellite
has failed. Also, now we check for table corruption.
I think there need to be limits on the extent that we make
Linux stupid in the name of Windows bug compatibility.
If we find that many vendors and models run into this,
we can always re-consider.
thanks,
Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-29 17:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-29 3:44 ACPI patches for 2.6.36-rc6 Len Brown
2010-09-29 3:44 ` [PATCH 01/16] ACPI: Don't report current_now if battery reports in mWh Len Brown
2010-09-29 3:44 ` [PATCH 02/16] PM / ACPI: Blacklist systems known to require acpi_sleep=nonvs Len Brown
2010-09-29 3:44 ` [PATCH 03/16] ACPI: enable repeated PCIEXP wakeup by clearing PCIEXP_WAKE_STS on resume Len Brown
2010-09-29 3:44 ` [PATCH 04/16] ACPI: delete ZEPTO idle=nomwait DMI quirk Len Brown
2010-09-29 3:44 ` [PATCH 05/16] ACPI: expand Vista blacklist to include SP1 and SP2 Len Brown
2010-09-29 3:44 ` [PATCH 06/16] ACPI: EC: add Vista incompatibility DMI entry for Toshiba Satellite L355 Len Brown
2010-09-29 3:44 ` [PATCH 07/16] ACPI: fix build warnings resulting from merge window conflict Len Brown
2010-09-29 3:44 ` [PATCH 08/16] ACPI video: fix a poor warning message Len Brown
2010-09-29 3:44 ` [PATCH 09/16] ACPI: Fix typos Len Brown
2010-09-29 3:44 ` [PATCH 10/16] ACPI: add missing __percpu markup in arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c Len Brown
2010-09-29 3:44 ` [PATCH 11/16] ACPI: Kconfig: fix typo Len Brown
2010-09-29 3:44 ` [PATCH 12/16] ACPI: Fix the ERST build warning Len Brown
2010-09-29 18:09 ` Len Brown
2010-09-29 3:44 ` [PATCH 13/16] ACPI: acpi_pad: simplify code to avoid false gcc " Len Brown
2010-09-29 3:44 ` [PATCH 14/16] ACPI: fan: Fix more unbalanced code block Len Brown
2010-09-29 3:44 ` [PATCH 15/16] ACPI: Disable Windows Vista compatibility for Toshiba P305D Len Brown
2010-09-29 3:44 ` [PATCH 16/16] ACPI: add DMI entry to work around another insane Toshiba BIOS Len Brown
2010-09-29 9:51 ` Anisse Astier
2010-09-29 17:38 ` Len Brown
2010-09-29 18:32 ` [PATCH] ACPI: invoke DSDT corruption workaround on all Toshiba Satellite Len Brown
2010-09-30 13:27 ` Anisse Astier
2010-10-02 2:54 ` Len Brown
2010-09-29 15:48 ` [PATCH 16/16] ACPI: add DMI entry to work around another insane Toshiba BIOS Matthew Garrett
2010-09-29 17:27 ` Len Brown
2010-09-29 17:32 ` Matthew Garrett
2010-09-29 17:53 ` Len Brown [this message]
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