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[U-Boot,v2,18/18] x86: doc: Add porting hints for ACPI with Windows

Message ID 1462977912-13666-19-git-send-email-bmeng.cn@gmail.com
State Accepted
Delegated to: Bin Meng
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Bin Meng May 11, 2016, 2:45 p.m. UTC
Windows might cache system information and only detect ACPI changes
if you modify the ACPI table versions.

Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>

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Changes in v2: None

 doc/README.x86 | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Comments

Simon Glass May 19, 2016, 4:01 a.m. UTC | #1
On 11 May 2016 at 08:45, Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com> wrote:
> Windows might cache system information and only detect ACPI changes
> if you modify the ACPI table versions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2: None
>
>  doc/README.x86 | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Bin Meng May 23, 2016, 7:02 a.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 12:01 PM, Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> wrote:
> On 11 May 2016 at 08:45, Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Windows might cache system information and only detect ACPI changes
>> if you modify the ACPI table versions.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Changes in v2: None
>>
>>  doc/README.x86 | 6 ++++++
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

applied to u-boot-x86, thanks!
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diff --git a/doc/README.x86 b/doc/README.x86
index 75762de..4d50feb 100644
--- a/doc/README.x86
+++ b/doc/README.x86
@@ -982,6 +982,12 @@  transformations. Remember to add attribution to coreboot for new files added
 to U-Boot. This should go at the top of each file and list the coreboot
 filename where the code originated.
 
+Debugging ACPI issues with Windows:
+
+Windows might cache system information and only detect ACPI changes if you
+modify the ACPI table versions. So tweak them liberally when debugging ACPI
+issues with Windows.
+
 ACPI Support Status
 -------------------
 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) [16] aims to establish