* Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > So what about the following: > > From version 0x020e on (current version without my patches is 0x020d) > the boot loader will write its supported version or'ed with 0x8000 into > the same version field. So we can be sure any added fields are filled > with real data or the information has been evaluated by the boot loader, > if the returned version included that field. If the boot loader finds > the kernel supports a version < 0x020e it won't return its supported > version. This seems like a usable workaround to me, as long as everyone involved agrees with it. I've removed the patches for the time being. 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
