I've tested this boot option but seems to have no effect on my dell inspiron 1150 bios version A07. Someone told me to file a bug on bugzilla, so I expect to do it soon. On 9/13/06, Moore, Robert <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We have a "slack mode" for the interpreter which enables the "MS compatibility" features. For Linux, this mode is enabled by default. Acpi_serialize is in fact used to serialize all methods, for those systems that have trouble with multiple threads. We do see systems that apparently do not fail on Windows, but fail on ACPICA based systems (fail with multithread issues.) We are still investigating these, perhaps timing related. Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-acpi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-acpi- > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sanjoy Mahajan > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 12:05 PM > To: Moore, Robert > Cc: Ruslán Ledesma Garza; linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: the role of the dstd > > Interesting; thanks for the correction. So acpi_serialize isn't > necessarily the right option to use? > > -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
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