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DateWed, 26 Dec 2007 09:23:25 +0200
FromAvi Kivity <>
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? 
>
> 

Run it in a virtual machine, with the ACPI methods of interest wired to
output to some port, and log that I/O port in the monitor/emulator.

-- 
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.



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