linux-kernel - Re: Endless ACPI errors on Linus tree (5b664cb235)

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Message-ID: <20080721084354.GB20258@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:43:54 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	robert.moore@...el.com, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Endless ACPI errors on Linus tree (5b664cb235)

> That would basically mean there's no way to use the v2 fields here - all
> the code could do is report the inconsitency, but it would have to use
> the v1 field in any case. That's really a shame, and as before I'm
> somewhat hesitant to do so. The only way I could easily find myself
> doing this would be to introduce a command line option controlling the
> behavior here, but that would need to be done outside of the ACPICA
> code I'd assume.
> 
> Andi, Bob, Len?

I think we should only use v1 FADT fields for now and ignore v2.

-Andi
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