On Saturday 08 May 2010, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> On Sat, 8 May 2010, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
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> > On Friday 07 May 2010, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > 
> > > Btw, why don't we just force the SCI_EN by hand?
> > 
> > Because there are boxes that are broken right away by this.
> > 
> > I have one on my desk in front of me. :-)
> 
> Also if we check whether it was already set before?

Yes.

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> The thing is, if that bit is clear (_after_ we've done the regular ACPI 
> setup), the box can't work correctly as far as I know.

That's correct.  But on that particular box acpi_enable() is necessary to
make things work.  Setting SCI_EN by hand makes it hang solid.

Rafael
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