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

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Tuesday, 21 of October 2008, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> On Tuesday 21 October 2008 15:08:36 Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 03:05:33PM +0200, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> > > Even if this is not proven, the patchset should still go in to get the
> > > machines fixed for now and to easily test others, there was enough
> > > discussion around it.
> >
> > What do you mean, "fixed"? They all already work, even if it's in a
> > suboptimal way.
> 
> If C-states don't work and do work with a patch. I call the patch a fix.
> I also call the machine broken (even if it does boot) before and fixed 
> afterwards.

If not a fix, this certainly is improvement.

> I also call a machine broken which takes minutes to boot and fixed as soon as 
> the problem is solved and the machine is booting in a reasonable amount of 
> time.

I haven't followed the discussion closely, but IMO it's better to have the
machines in a usable state right now than wait for a "real fix" forever.

Moreover, as soon as the real fix is developed we can remove the DMI list.
Quite frankly, I don't see any downsides.

Thanks,
Rafael