Hi, Len. We are just using the data that is valid and ignoring the invalid ones. The benefit is that we will have frequency control working on Linux even if the table is not 100% correct. We are not guessing anything, from what I see. This is not specific to a brand or manufacturer. The test for the entry was there all along, so the workaround is just improving on the simple case (bail out completely and lose the capability). With this patch, my battery lasts around 4h. Without it, less then 1h. Cheers On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > A BIOS bug workaround like this is sort of a guessing game... > > What additional benefit do we get by making the workaround more complicated? > > thanks, > -Len > -- Marco Costa Customer Support -- GAMIC mbH Roermonder Strasse, 151 52072 Aachen Germany -- 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
