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SubjectRE: [PATCH] acpi: remove length check for large registers
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Linn,

We will integrate this change into ACPICA for the next release, later in March 2013.
Thanks,
Bob


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linn Crosetto [mailto:linn@hp.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 12:56 PM
> To: rjw@sisk.pl; Moore, Robert; ming.m.lin@intel.com; Zheng, Lv; linux-
> acpi@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Linn Crosetto
> Subject: [PATCH] acpi: remove length check for large registers
>
> The legacy bit width field in the Generic Address Structure is 1 byte,
> limiting the reportable register width to 255 bits. Larger registers will
> cause a length mismatch warning to be printed in acpi_tb_validate_fadt().
>
> To avoid the warning, disable the length mismatch check for registers
> larger than 255 bits.
>
> Signed-off-by: Linn Crosetto <linn@hp.com>
> ---
> drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfadt.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfadt.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfadt.c
> index 74181bf..e87abcd 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfadt.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfadt.c
> @@ -561,6 +561,7 @@ static void acpi_tb_validate_fadt(void)
> * legacy length field and the corresponding 64-bit X length
> field.
> */
> if (address64->address &&
> + ACPI_MUL_8(length) <= ACPI_UINT8_MAX &&
> (address64->bit_width != ACPI_MUL_8(length))) {
> ACPI_BIOS_WARNING((AE_INFO,
> "32/64X length mismatch in FADT/%s:
> %u/%u",
> --
> 1.7.11.3



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