[PATCH] Improve acpi debug documentation

2007-04-23 Thread Zhang Rui
Now we use acpi.debug_level and acpi.debug_layer as kernel boot parameters instead of acpi_dbg_level and acpi_dbg_layer. But the document is not updated in time. Thanks to Andi Kleen for pointing it out. This is the patch to update documentation for ACPI debug option. Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <[E

Re: ACPI in Windows Vista

2007-04-23 Thread Shaohua Li
On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 02:58 +0800, Len Brown wrote: > It is useful to see what Microsoft is doing with ACPI in Vista -- > as that shapes many of the BIOS implementations that Linux will > encounter: > > http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/b/9/5b97017b-e28a-4bae-ba48-174cf47d23cd/CPA002_WH06.p

Re: C2 and C3 processor states cause mouse desynchronization

2007-04-23 Thread Sergio Monteiro Basto
On Sun, 2007-04-22 at 22:57 -0400, Lex Neva wrote: > So, the questions I have: > > Is this a problem anyone's seen before? > > Is this a bug? If so, is it in linux-ACPI or psmouse (or something > else)? > > Is there anything I can do to get my power savings and still make the > mouse > driver

Re: [PATCHSET] libata: improve ATA ACPI support

2007-04-23 Thread Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Hi, On Tuesday 24 April 2007, Mark Lord wrote: > Tejun Heo wrote: > > > > of the time. I think HDIO_GET_IDENTITY's meaning is something like > > "give me IDENTIFY page of the device as seen by the driver" and doesn't > > really matter as long as it can be used to get general idea about the > >

Re: [PATCHSET] libata: improve ATA ACPI support

2007-04-23 Thread Mark Lord
Tejun Heo wrote: of the time. I think HDIO_GET_IDENTITY's meaning is something like "give me IDENTIFY page of the device as seen by the driver" and doesn't really matter as long as it can be used to get general idea about the device. The correct/original meaning of that ioctl was "boot time I

Re: [PATCHSET] libata: improve ATA ACPI support

2007-04-23 Thread Mark Lord
Alan Cox wrote: * after successfully executing _GTF taskfiles, IDENTIFY page is reloaded Interesting question we should sort out: What is our identify page as supplied to the user meant to be ? The old IDE one started off as the "identify data at boot" (which is useful) and mutated through a

[2/3] 2.6.21-rc7: known regressions (v2)

2007-04-23 Thread Adrian Bunk
This email lists some known regressions in Linus' tree compared to 2.6.20. If you find your name in the Cc header, you are either submitter of one of the bugs, maintainer of an affectected subsystem or driver, a patch of you caused a breakage or I'm considering you in any other way possibly involv

ACPI in Windows Vista

2007-04-23 Thread Len Brown
It is useful to see what Microsoft is doing with ACPI in Vista -- as that shapes many of the BIOS implementations that Linux will encounter: http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/b/9/5b97017b-e28a-4bae-ba48-174cf47d23cd/CPA002_WH06.ppt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: [linux-pm] [patch 2.6.21-rc5-git 1/3] new platform_enable_wake() hook; use it in PCI

2007-04-23 Thread David Brownell
On Monday 23 April 2007, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > static inline int device_suspend(pm_message_t state) > > --- g26.orig/drivers/base/power/main.c 2007-04-04 13:03:33.0 > > -0700 > > +++ g26/drivers/base/power/main.c 2007-04-04 13:03:34.0 -0700 > > @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@

Re: [linux-pm] [patch 2.6.21-rc5-git 1/3] new platform_enable_wake() hook; use it in PCI

2007-04-23 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > static inline int device_suspend(pm_message_t state) > --- g26.orig/drivers/base/power/main.c2007-04-04 13:03:33.0 > -0700 > +++ g26/drivers/base/power/main.c 2007-04-04 13:03:34.0 -0700 > @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ LIST_HEAD(dpm_off_irq); > DECLARE_MUTEX(dpm_sem); > D

Re: [PATCHSET] libata: improve ATA ACPI support

2007-04-23 Thread Tejun Heo
Alan Cox wrote: >> * after successfully executing _GTF taskfiles, IDENTIFY page is >> reloaded > > Interesting question we should sort out: What is our identify page as > supplied to the user meant to be ? > > The old IDE one started off as the "identify data at boot" (which is > useful) and mu

Re: [PATCH 07/13] libata-acpi: add ATA_FLAG_ACPI_SATA port flag

2007-04-23 Thread Tejun Heo
Alan Cox wrote: > You can end up with _SDD methods for SFF format controllers (or what we > think of as SFF format controllers) when we don't have the knowledge to > drive them in their full super-whizzo method (eg Marvell) > >> The ACPI spec says the layout is dependent on controller interface an