On Saturday 08 May 2010, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Sat, 8 May 2010, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: ... > > Let me explain what I think we should do with actual code: > > acpi_enable(); > if (test_if_that_f_cking_bit_still_isnt_set) > set_it_by_hand(); > > wouldn't that work on your box? Yes, it would. > The acpi_enable() seems to work for you, so it wouldn't actually ever set it > by hand. > > But the problem is that on a number of boxes, acpi_enable() apparently > doesn't do what it should do. Because the stupid BIOS "knows" it is > already in ACPI mode, but it forgot to actually set the bit! To calrify, I think the approach in the Matthew's patch is correct, but since I have some bad experience with that particular thing, I prefer to make that change in 2.6.35 and then move on to drop the flag entirely. Rafael -- 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
