http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10927
------- Comment #70 from [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008-06-19 15:56 ------- On Thursday, 19 of June 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ------- Comment #68 from [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008-06-19 14:50 ------- > > > > Created an attachment (id=16549) --> (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=16549&action=view) > --> (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=16549&action=view) > > --> (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=16549&action=view) > > [details] > > > Normalization patch #3 > > > > > > Please try this patch. It is the segment normalization patch #2 with the > > > addition of explicitly setting the IDT. > > > > hpa, many thanks for the patch. If I had tried to prepare one, it would > > have > > taken much more time. > > > > It is a regression fix, so it would be nice to push it for 2.6.26. Will you > > take care of it or should I push it upstream? > > yes, it is a regression fix, but it works around extremely broken > BIOS, and I'd call it slightly risky: we go (cripled?) real mode -> > protected mode -> real mode -> protected mode now. And what the risk is, actually? > (Note that even old code would die horribly as soon as you enabled > acpi_sleep=s3_bios/s3_mode...) > > I'd prefer this to go into 2.6.27. Shall we let the upstream decide, perhaps? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ acpi-bugzilla mailing list acpi-bugzilla@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acpi-bugzilla
