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Subject: Re: Calling PnP bios routines like get device node from x86_84 arch
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Thanks for the reply. I will try ACPI and let you know the result.

-mkr
Alan Cox wrote:
>> Actually I want to call the BIOS run time functions as per the 
>> PNPBIOSSpecification-v1.0a (attached).
>>     
>
> We use ACPI for x86_64, which means you need to use the ACPI methods not
> the PnPBIOS ones. PnPBIOS isn't valid when ACPI is in use.
>
> Alan
>
>