> For example, Windows serializes (runs in one thread) procedures > automatically, even if a procedure is labelled NotSerialized. But > Linux ACPI, unless you pass a boot option to tell it to act like > Windows, will not serialize those procedures, and each one can run in > its own thread. Actually, we think that Windows does NOT serialize everything within the AML interpreter. > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-acpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-acpi- > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sanjoy Mahajan > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 11:11 AM > To: Ruslán Ledesma Garza > Cc: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: the role of the dstd > > > Is this option "act like windows" really available? Is it a boot > > parameter? > > It is. Add these options to your boot parameters: > > acpi_os_name="Microsoft Windows" acpi_serialize > > -Sanjoy > > `Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.' > --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
