On 13/02/18 17:32, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * 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. Okay, thanks for the feedback. I'll go that route. > I've removed the patches for the time being. Seems a sensible thing to do. Juergen -- 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
