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

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Message-ID: <487A4686.209@zytor.com>
Date:	Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:16:38 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
CC:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...ealbox.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	public-kernel-testers-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@...gmane.org,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	pm list <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFT] x86 acpi: normalize segment descriptor register on resume

Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> In such case, you could verify by disabling intel framebuffer and just
> using plain VGA driver (or vesafb).
> 
> Breaking video bios calls would be bad.
> 									Pavel

It would... but it doesn't seem to make much sense.  What, in detail, 
does this particular quirk do?

	-hpa
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