Re: [PATCH 4/4] ACPI: Make sure the FADT is at least rev 2 before using the reset register

Matthew Garrett
2011-03-23T10:59:14Z

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:01:50AM -0400, Len Brown wrote:
> if (!(acpi_gbl_FADT.flags & ACPI_FADT_RESET_REGISTER))
> return;
>
> For it not to be redundant, there would have to be FADTs out there
> of revision 1 that set what was then a reserved bit in the flags.

Yes. You trust them not to have set reserved flags to random garbage?

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