On Thursday, December 09, 2010, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 12/09/2010 01:46 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > Windows ignores the bit_offset and bit_width, despite the spec requiring > > that they be validated. Drop the checks so that we match this behaviour. > > Windows also goes straight for the keyboard controller if the ACPI reboot > > fails, so we shouldn't sleep if we're still alive. > > > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett<mjg@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Be careful: the goal isn't bug-compatibility with Windows, the goal is > to work on the maximum number of systems. Bug-compatibility with > Windows *may* be a way to that goal, but it is not a guarantee, since > Windows doesn't get validated against older systems that went through > WHQL under an earlier version of Windows. Agreed. 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
