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From: Linn Crosetto <linn@hp.com>
To: "Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@intel.com>
Cc: "rjw@sisk.pl" <rjw@sisk.pl>,
	"ming.m.lin@intel.com" <ming.m.lin@intel.com>,
	"Zheng, Lv" <lv.zheng@intel.com>,
	"linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acpi: remove length check for large registers
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:18:45 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130315211845.GD10730@oranje.fc.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <94F2FBAB4432B54E8AACC7DFDE6C92E36F489B66@ORSMSX101.amr.corp.intel.com>

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 08:50:45PM +0000, Moore, Robert wrote:
> Can you explain in a bit more detail what brings this up?
> 
> I'm aware of the limitation of the generic address structure, but we are forced by the (current) ACPI specification to use it if it is present for a given register.

A system with a GPE block bit_width of 256 triggers it. In this case, the length
check can never succeed.

Thanks,
Linn

  reply	other threads:[~2013-03-15 21:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-15 19:56 [PATCH] acpi: remove length check for large registers Linn Crosetto
2013-03-15 20:50 ` Moore, Robert
2013-03-15 21:18   ` Linn Crosetto [this message]
2013-03-19 18:48 ` Moore, Robert

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