Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Jul 2008 13:12:08 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Check for BIOS bugs - Original Subject: Re: [PATCH 23/70] ACPICA: Workaround for reversed _PRT entries from BIOS |
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Hi!
> > Some BIOSs erroneously reverse the _PRT SourceName and the > > SourceIndex. Detect and repair this problem. MS ACPI also allows > > and repairs this problem, thus ACPICA must also. > > It would be great to have an interface to report this as a BIOS defect. > > Something like: > > FIRMWARE_BUG_ON(FIRM_WARN, "erroneously reversed the _PRT source_name", ACPI_ > Bug); > > FIRMWARE_BUG_ON(severity, description, component);
Yes, please.
I'd also like HARDWARE_BUG_ON(), with similar usage.
With all the preload-linux-on-foo project, we have some chance to make BIOS vendors fix their stuff if we can easily diagnose errors in there.
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