Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:23:25 +0200 | | From | Avi Kivity <> | | Subject | Re: x86: Increase PCIBIOS_MIN_IO to 0x1500 to fix nForce 4 suspend-to-RAM |
Linus Torvalds wrote:
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>> 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.
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Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.
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