linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] ACPICA: Fix access width for reset vector

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Message-ID: <20101209232601.GA26343@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Thu, 9 Dec 2010 23:26:01 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, lenb@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ACPICA: Fix access width for reset vector

On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 03:12:01PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 12/09/2010 01:46 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
>> Section 4.7.3.6 of the ACPI specification requires that the register width
>> of the reset vector be 8 bits. Windows simply hardcodes the access to be
>> a byte and ignores the width provided in the FADT, so make sure that we
>> do the same.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett<mjg@...hat.com>
>
> Does anyone have an acpidump from a machine with an ALi 1535 southbridge?

I've got one from an HP nx9005. It's only a revision 1 FADT, so there's 
no reset register defined.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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