Re: [RFT] x86 acpi: normalize segment descriptor register on resume

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Andi Kleen wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Andi Kleen wrote:
>>>> It still seems incredibly risky to push this for 2.6.26, especially
>>>> given the Elan revelation.
>>> Do Elans even support S3?
>> I don't know if they do, but I don't know offhand the extent of machines
>> that may have that problem, especially since Intel now document it as
>> "failures are readily seen".
> 
> What document is that exactly?
> 

Per Jeremy's recent email, volume 3a, section 8.9.1:

>    Random failures can occur if other instructions exist between steps
>    3 and 4 above.  Failures will be readily seen in some situations,
>    such as when instructions that reference memory are inserted between
>    steps 3 and 4 while in system management mode. 

	-hpa
_______________________________________________
linux-pm mailing list
linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm

[Index of Archives]     [Linux ACPI]     [Netdev]     [Ethernet Bridging]     [Linux Wireless]     [CPU Freq]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Fedora Kernel]     [Security]     [Linux for Hams]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux Admin]     [Samba]

  Powered by Linux