linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 3/4] ACPI / osi: Change default

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Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2016 02:01:37 +0000
From:	"Zheng, Lv" <lv.zheng@...el.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
CC:	"Wysocki, Rafael J" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	"Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>, Lv Zheng <zetalog@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Chen, Yu C" <yu.c.chen@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 3/4] ACPI / osi: Change default _OSI(Darwin) support

Hi,

> From: rjwysocki@...il.com [mailto:rjwysocki@...il.com] On Behalf Of
> Rafael J. Wysocki
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 4:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] ACPI / osi: Change default _OSI(Darwin) support
> 
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com> wrote:
> > From: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>
> >
> > Commit 7bc5a2bad0b8 ("ACPI: Support _OSI("Darwin") correctly") always
> > reports positive value when Apple hardware queries _OSI("Darwin"). However
> > since this implementation places the judgement in runtime, it breaks
> > acpi_osi=!Darwin and cannot return unsupported for _OSI("WinXXX") invoked
> > before invoking _OSI("Darwin").
> >
> > This patch fixes the issues by reverting the wrong support and implementing
> > the default behavior of _OSI("Darwin")/_OSI("WinXXX") on Apple hardware
> via
> > DMI matching.
> >
> > Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92111
> > Reported-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com>
> 
> Why don't you add a Fixes tag pointing to the problematic commit?
[Lv Zheng] 
OK, I'll help to add it and re-send an UPDATE for this patch.

Thanks
-Lv