Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:28:48 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [RFT] x86 acpi: normalize segment descriptor register on resume |
| |
Andi Kleen wrote: > H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> Andi Kleen wrote: >>>> It still seems incredibly risky to push this for 2.6.26, especially >>>> given the Elan revelation. >>> Do Elans even support S3? >> I don't know if they do, but I don't know offhand the extent of machines >> that may have that problem, especially since Intel now document it as >> "failures are readily seen". > > What document is that exactly? >
Per Jeremy's recent email, volume 3a, section 8.9.1:
> Random failures can occur if other instructions exist between steps > 3 and 4 above. Failures will be readily seen in some situations, > such as when instructions that reference memory are inserted between > steps 3 and 4 while in system management mode.
-hpa
| |