On Thu, 2008-08-28 at 01:37 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:11:23AM +0100, Carlos Corbacho wrote: > > On Thursday 28 August 2008 00:09:39 Andi Kleen wrote: > > > > Linux can't work normally while Windows can work on such broken BIOS. Of > > > > course the issue is related with the broken BIOS. The _REG object of EC > > > > device is incorrect, which causes that EC device can't be initialized > > > > correctly. > > > > After this workaround patch is applied, Linux can also work. IMO this > > > > workaround patch is reasonable. > > > > > > Can you please submit it with proper description? > > > > It might also be worth CC'ing this patch (in its final form) to stable@. > > I don't think it's stable material because it doesn't fix a serious Linux > bug. This workaround patch is meaning for the broken BIOS with the incorrect the definition of EC _REG object. And it won't break other normal laptop. Maybe that Linux can't work on such broken BIOS is caused by that the check on Linux is stricter than windows. > > -Andi -- 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
