linux-kernel - Re: Calling PnP bios routines like get device node from x86

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Message-ID: <20070911105108.6d68a347@the-village.bc.nu>
Date:	Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:51:08 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	mkrameshid <mkrameshid@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Calling PnP bios routines like get device node from x86_84 arch

> 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
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