[ltp] Re: [Devel] Re: [RESEND] [PATCH 2/3] Introduce acpi_root_table=rsdt boot param and dmi list to force rsdt

Matthew Garrett linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:13:42 +0000


On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 04:27:09PM +0800, Zhang Rui wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 10:24 +0800, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > Why? If there's a FADT entry in the XSDT we might as well use it - all 
> > the machines I've checked contain valid information in the 32-bit entry 
> > of the FADT there.
> > 
> do you mean always using FADT1.facs and ignore the FADT.Xfacs in Linux?

If the value is below 4GB and uses the same resource type as the legacy 
value, I don't see why not.
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