Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:21:17 -0500 | From | Mario Limonciello <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Adjust the return value of _REV on x86 |
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On 03/24/2015 03:02 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 03:24:12 PM Matt Fleming wrote: > While I agree in general, one comment. > > We haven't decided about the patch yet. We may decide to bump up the _REV > to 6 when ACPI 6 is out instead. I'd be happy with this too. > That said the whole using of _REV to special case Linux is broken by design > and should be stopped immediately. Especially when it is done by comparing > the return value of _REV to a specific number (like 5 or 3). > > Rafael > Yes, it's been made clear to me that this shouldn't be used in the future. I've shared that feedback to my BIOS architecture team.
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