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DateTue, 01 Jul 2008 00:02:19 -0700
From"H. Peter Anvin" <>
SubjectRe: [RFT] x86 acpi: normalize segment descriptor register on resume
Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> The appended patch fixes a regression and is considered as 2.6.26 
>> material. Everyone having a box with working suspend to RAM is gently 
>> requested to test it and verify if it doesn't break things.
>>
>> The patch applies to the current -git.
> 
> it's been under testing in tip/out-of-tree for about a week:
> 
> | commit ee901dc1b9ab94a37ba2efc296fe9ba72bc75adf
> | Author:     H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
> | AuthorDate: Tue Jun 24 23:03:48 2008 +0200
> | Commit:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> | CommitDate: Wed Jun 25 18:48:13 2008 +0200
> |
> |     x86 ACPI: normalize segment descriptor register on resume
> 
> no problems caused by it so far.
> 

It still seems incredibly risky to push this for 2.6.26, especially 
given the Elan revelation.  I think it needs to be tested on the 2.6.27 
track, and then possibly be pushed back via the 2.6.26-stable route.

	-hpa


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