RE: [PATCH] acpi: remove length check for large registers

2013-03-19 Thread Moore, Robert
g, Lv; linux- > a...@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.

RE: [PATCH] acpi: remove length check for large registers

2013-03-19 Thread Moore, Robert
- a...@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

Re: [PATCH] acpi: remove length check for large registers

2013-03-15 Thread Linn Crosetto
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 08:50:45PM +, 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.

RE: [PATCH] acpi: remove length check for large registers

2013-03-15 Thread Moore, Robert
osetto [mailto:l...@hp.com] > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 12:56 PM > To: r...@sisk.pl; Moore, Robert; ming.m@intel.com; Zheng, Lv; linux- > a...@vger.kernel.org > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Linn Crosetto > Subject: [PATCH] acpi: remove length check for large registers >

[PATCH] acpi: remove length check for large registers

2013-03-15 Thread Linn Crosetto
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

[PATCH] acpi: remove length check for large registers

2013-03-15 Thread Linn Crosetto
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

RE: [PATCH] acpi: remove length check for large registers

2013-03-15 Thread Moore, Robert
[mailto:l...@hp.com] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 12:56 PM To: r...@sisk.pl; Moore, Robert; ming.m@intel.com; Zheng, Lv; linux- a...@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

Re: [PATCH] acpi: remove length check for large registers

2013-03-15 Thread Linn Crosetto
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 08:50:45PM +, 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