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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [git pull request] ACPI patches for 2.6.34-rc6
Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 18:59:04 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100511175904.GA18797@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1005111031260.3711@i5.linux-foundation.org>

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:42:52AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Maybe windows does something else? Or do you _see_ windows doing that 
> write?

I see Windows write the SCI_EN bit without reading it first and without 
calling the ACPI enable SMM function.

> will write it _even_if_ the bit was already set. That could explain 
> Rafael's problems too - writing the register directly may be the 
> RightThing(tm), but writing it if the bit was already set may well cause 
> some confusion.

Like I said, I don't see any reads on resume - only on system boot.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org

  reply	other threads:[~2010-05-11 17:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-07  2:22 [git pull request] ACPI patches for 2.6.34-rc6 Len Brown
2010-05-07  2:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-07  6:12   ` Matthew Garrett
2010-05-07 21:06     ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-07 21:13       ` Matthew Garrett
2010-05-07 21:21         ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-07 21:36           ` Matthew Garrett
2010-05-11 17:25             ` Matthew Garrett
2010-05-11 17:42               ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-11 17:59                 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2010-05-11 18:17                   ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-11 18:22                     ` Matthew Garrett
2010-05-07 22:39   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-05-07 23:00     ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-07 23:17       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-05-07 23:21         ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-08  0:03           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2010-05-08  0:10             ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-08  5:19               ` Len Brown

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