Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:37:55 -0600 | From | Robert Hancock <> | Subject | Re: [linux-kernel] Re: [PATCH] x86: provide a DMI based port 0x80 I/O delay override. |
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David P. Reed wrote: > Christer Weinigel wrote: >> >> Did I miss anyting? >> >> > Nothing that seems *crucial* going forward for Linux. The fate of > "legacy machines" is really important to get right. > > I have a small suggestion in mind that might be helpful in the future: > the "motherboard resources" discovered as PNP0C02 devices in their _CRS > settings in ACPI during ACPI PnP startup should be reserved (or > checked), and any drivers that still use port 80 implicitly should > reserve that port.
I agree. In this case the BIOS on these laptops is trying to tell us "port 80 is used for our purposes, do not touch it". We should be listening.
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