linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: provide a DMI based port 0x80 I/O delay override.

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Message-ID: <4766ECE2.1060604@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:40:50 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...il.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "David P. Reed" <dpreed@...d.com>,
	Paul Rolland <rol@...917.net>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rol@...be.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: provide a DMI based port 0x80 I/O delay override.

Rene Herman wrote:
> 
> Well, yes, I guess that does make sense. It's back again. Named the 
> choices "standard" and "alternate" again as I feel "0x80" and "0xed" 
> suggest they're free values a bit too much but if anyone feels strongly 
> about it, so be it.
> 

They ARE -- or really, should be, free values (0xeb and 0xf0 are other 
reasonable values, for example.)

	-hpa
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