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DateTue, 25 Dec 2007 23:13:16 -0600
FromRobert Hancock <>
SubjectRe: x86: Increase PCIBIOS_MIN_IO to 0x1500 to fix nForce 4 suspend-to-RAM
Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> IMO, we should check which version of the specification we're supposed to
>> follow, on the basis of FADT contents, for example, and follow this one.
> 
> No, we should try to figure out what Windows does. *If* windows checks the 
> version, we should do that too. But we should absolutely *not* just assume 
> that the documentation is an accurate picture of reality.
> 
> Does anybody know how we could find out? 
> 
> 			Linus
> 

Well, it seems that if one had a checked (debug) build of Windows (or at 
least the acpi.sys driver) installed, as well as a copy of the Microsoft 
ASL compiler, they could compile and temporarily override the DSDT with 
a hacked one that would output what the device power states were in some 
fashion (maybe through the kernel debugger). Some info about this here:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/8/f/18f8cee2-0b64-41f2-893d-a6f2295b40c8/TW04015_WINHEC2004.ppt

I suspect that might require more Windows hacking skill and/or 
motivation than one might be likely to find on this list, though :-)

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Robert Hancock      Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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