Re: [RFT] x86 acpi: normalize segment descriptor register on resume

H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-14T02:43:18Z

Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>
> If s3_bios depends on the (invalid) contents of the hidden part of any segment
> register, it's just terminally broken.
>

Depending on it being in Big Real Mode isn't all that broken, however,
especially on laptops where the vendor has control over the system
BIOS/video BIOS.

Enabling BRM by default *shouldn't* break anything, so it might be what
we want to do anyway.

-hpa