[PATCH 2/2] ACPI: EC: Fall back to DSDT scan if ECDT is broken

2007-08-21 Thread Alexey Starikovskiy
From: Alexey Starikovskiy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Try to recover boot EC init in case of broken ECDT (bug #8651). Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/acpi/ec.c | 11 +++ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drive

Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI: EC: Fall back to DSDT scan if ECDT is broken

2007-08-23 Thread Len Brown
On Tuesday 21 August 2007 09:22, Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: > +            printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "ECDT is broken\n"); I think this is 1. guaranteed to happen 2. guaranteed to alarm users and be viewed as a regression. They have no clue what an ECDT is, and this warning doesn't tell them wh

Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI: EC: Fall back to DSDT scan if ECDT is broken

2007-08-23 Thread Alexey Starikovskiy
Len Brown wrote: > On Tuesday 21 August 2007 09:22, Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: > >> +printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "ECDT is broken\n"); >> > > I think this is > 1. guaranteed to happen > No, it does not happen on machine with correct ECDT, e.g. my TP is ok. > 2. guaranteed to alarm

Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI: EC: Fall back to DSDT scan if ECDT is broken

2007-08-23 Thread Len Brown
On Thursday 23 August 2007 23:42, Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: > Len Brown wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 August 2007 09:22, Alexey Starikovskiy wrote: > > > >> +printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "ECDT is broken\n"); > >> > > > > I think this is > > 1. guaranteed to happen > > > No, it does not