linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pvpanic: handle missing

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Date:	Mon, 1 Jun 2015 19:38:32 +0200
From:	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
To:	Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>
Cc:	Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pvpanic: handle missing _STA correctly'

On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 09:33:22AM +0200, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> On Fri, 29 May 2015 22:18:52 +0200
> Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
> > pvpanic was not properly detected when _STA was missing.
> > 
> > ACPI 6.0 April 2015, 6.3.7 _STA (Status)
> >   If a device object (including the processor object) does not have an
> >   _STA object, then OSPM assumes that all of the above bits are set
> >   (i.e., the device is present, enabled, shown in the UI, and
> >   functioning).
> > 
> > Not adhering to the specification made pvpanic dormant under QEMU 2.3.
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>

Queued, thanks.

-- 
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
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