Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:18:45 -0600 | From | Linn Crosetto <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] acpi: remove length check for large registers |
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On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 08:50:45PM +0000, Moore, Robert wrote: > Can you explain in a bit more detail what brings this up? > > I'm aware of the limitation of the generic address structure, but we are forced by the (current) ACPI specification to use it if it is present for a given register.
A system with a GPE block bit_width of 256 triggers it. In this case, the length check can never succeed.
Thanks, Linn
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