* Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > There seem to exist several grub2 versions trashing > boot_params.hdr.acpi_rsdp_addr. > > So don't just believe this address to be valid, but verify it pointing > to a valid RSDP table. Exactly what kind of values do those Grub2 versions put into that field? Pointer to something, or random noise? Also, what exactly does 'validation' mean, how robustly does it filter out of spec uses of the boot protocol? Thanks, Ingo -- 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