Re: [coreboot] mcp55_fadt patch to fix Microsoft Windows BSOD 0x000000A5 (0x00000011, 0x00000006 ....)

[Patrick Georgi]

Am 10.12.2010 08:59, schrieb Rudolf Marek:
> > Wouldn't the right way to fix this be to actually implement the
> > acpi_enable/acpi_disable commands on smi_cmd?
>
> No, you can put system in ACPI mode yourself. The only disadvantage is
> that you don't get poweroff if power button is pressed for less than 4
> seconds (unless implementing IRQ9).
>
> I think all other chipsets in coreboot are doing it this way except
> Intel ;)

I'd accept this in the context of this patch if fixing this for all
chipsets is put on the Infrastructure_Projects list (so it's not forgotten).

Subpar chipset support shouldn't be a long-term design goal.

Patrick