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SubjectRE: [ACPI] [PATCH] 2.4/2.6 use xdsdt to print table header
DateTue, 13 Jan 2004 15:38:38 +0800
From"Yu, Luming" <>
>    I'm resending this patch to get it into the main ACPI source.  This
> fixes a problem where the DSDT pointer in the FADT is NULL because it
> uses the 64bit XDSDT instead.  The current code is happy to map a NULL
> address and return success to the caller.  This can crash the 
> system or
> printout garbage headers to the console.  It's a simple 
> matter to check
> table revision and use the XDSDT in favor of the DSDT.  This has been
> living happily in both the 2.4 and 2.6 ia64 tree for some 
> time.  Please
> accept.  Thanks,

I just checked with http://lia64.bkbits.net:8080/linux-ia64-2.4 .
The patch has been merged. Please take a look at
http://lia64.bkbits.net:8080/linux-ia64-2.4/diffs/drivers/acpi/tables.c@
1.11.1.1?nav=index.html|src/.|src/drivers|src/drivers/acpi|hist/drivers/
acpi/tables.c
and
http://lia64.bkbits.net:8080/linux-ia64-2.4/diffs/drivers/acpi/tables.c@
1.11.1.2?nav=index.html|src/.|src/drivers|src/drivers/acpi|hist/drivers/
acpi/tables.c
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