linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3] VIA IRQ quirk behaviour change

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Date:	Sat, 9 Sep 2006 21:37:41 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Chris Wedgwood <cw@...f.org>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>,
	akpm@...l.org, torvalds@...l.org, sergio@...giomb.no-ip.org,
	jeff@...zik.org, bjorn.helgaas@...com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, harmon@....edu, len.brown@...el.com,
	vsu@...linux.ru, liste@...det.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] VIA IRQ quirk behaviour change

On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 05:39:22PM -0700, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 05:21:12PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > So why isn't acpi handling all of this for us?
> 
> for some people it does...
> 
> > Do people not want to use acpi for some reason?
> 
> I was told that in the past VIA has buggy/broken ACPI, so we need to
> figure out what ACPI workaround Windows has and implement that (or
> maybe they do it in the driver(s)?)

Then that sounds like an ACPI issue, instead of trying to create a quirk
for the pci device itself.

Why not enable ACPI (which the manufacturer says is the way to go), and
then work from there?

thanks,

greg k-h
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