From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754917Ab0DTOrG (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:47:06 -0400 Received: from cavan.codon.org.uk ([93.93.128.6]:59000 "EHLO cavan.codon.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751749Ab0DTOrD (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:47:03 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:46:54 +0100 From: Matthew Garrett To: Alex Chiang , lenb@kernel.org, colin.king@canonical.com, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel , stable@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: DMI init_set_sci_en_on_resume for multiple Lenovo ThinkPads Message-ID: <20100420144654.GA6354@srcf.ucam.org> References: <20100420140314.GA5573@canonical.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100420140314.GA5573@canonical.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: mjg59@cavan.codon.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on cavan.codon.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 08:03:14AM -0600, Alex Chiang wrote: > In any case, an existing DMI table exists for machines where this > defect is a known problem. Lenovo promise to fix their BIOS, but > for folks who either won't or can't upgrade their BIOS, allow > Linux to workaround the issue. While this is certainly the low impact fix for now, I'd prefer the patch I sent as a long-term solution in order to avoid having to add more machines to the table in future. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org