Re: [PATCH 0/2] ACPI: Ignore Consumer/Producer for QWord/DWord/Word Address Space

Hi, On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > Per spec, the Consumer/Producer bit is defined only for Extended > Address Space descriptors and should be ignored for QWord/DWord/Word > Address Space descriptors. My understanding is that this is because > x86

Re: [PATCH 0/2] ACPI: Ignore Consumer/Producer for QWord/DWord/Word Address Space

Hi, On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > Per spec, the Consumer/Producer bit is defined only for Extended > Address Space descriptors and should be ignored for QWord/DWord/Word > Address Space descriptors. My understanding is that this is because > x86 BIOSes didn't use the

[PATCH 0/2] ACPI: Ignore Consumer/Producer for QWord/DWord/Word Address Space

Per spec, the Consumer/Producer bit is defined only for Extended Address Space descriptors and should be ignored for QWord/DWord/Word Address Space descriptors. My understanding is that this is because x86 BIOSes didn't use the bit consistently, so it couldn't be relied upon. The Extended

[PATCH 0/2] ACPI: Ignore Consumer/Producer for QWord/DWord/Word Address Space

Per spec, the Consumer/Producer bit is defined only for Extended Address Space descriptors and should be ignored for QWord/DWord/Word Address Space descriptors. My understanding is that this is because x86 BIOSes didn't use the bit consistently, so it couldn't be relied upon. The Extended