Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Make sure the FADT is at least rev 2 before using the reset register

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On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 08:16:36AM +0800, Zhang Rui wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-12-11 at 01:57 +0800, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > The reset register was only introduced with version 2 of the FADT, so we
> > should check that the FADT revision before trusting its contents.
> > 
> does the current code break anything?
> I'm curious about how you found this bug. :)

No, it just seems to be a sensible sanity check.
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