linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gts and bfs fixes (v3).

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Date:	Tue, 08 May 2012 02:31:45 -0400
From:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	ming.m.lin@...el.com, hpa@...or.com, rjw@...k.pl, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gts and bfs fixes (v3).

Ugh.

I think instead we should go the other way
and simply delete the code
for _GTS and _BFS support.

The evidence is that while it is documented in the ACPI spec,
no OS implements it -- for when we tried it, we found some
systems that shipped AML that doesn't work.

-Len

ps. yes, we should also petition the ACPI authors
to remove _GTS and _BFS from an upcoming revision.
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