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authorLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2008-01-23 20:50:56 -0500
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2008-01-23 21:26:15 -0500
commitd4b7dc499daae909e62dc260b95cd618f2970ded (patch)
treed24816be9d0830724e35f322c515dc8db38d4a2e /drivers/acpi/osl.c
parent7ce95ce5c6dbbc3f70933f04537860ffd9dbe17e (diff)
ACPI: make _OSI(Linux) console messages smarter
If BIOS invokes _OSI(Linux), the kernel response depends on what the ACPI DMI list knows about the system, and that is reflectd in dmesg: 1) System unknown to DMI: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored ACPI: DMI System Vendor: LENOVO ACPI: DMI Product Name: 7661W1P ACPI: DMI Product Version: ThinkPad T61 ACPI: DMI Board Name: 7661W1P ACPI: DMI BIOS Vendor: LENOVO ACPI: DMI BIOS Date: 10/18/2007 ACPI: Please send DMI info above to linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org ACPI: If "acpi_osi=Linux" works better, please notify linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org 2) System known to DMI, but effect of OSI(Linux) unknown: ACPI: DMI detected: Lenovo ThinkPad T61 ... ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored via DMI ACPI: If "acpi_osi=Linux" works better, please notify linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org 3) System known to DMI, which disables _OSI(Linux): ACPI: DMI detected: Lenovo ThinkPad T61 ... ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored via DMI 4) System known to DMI, which enable _OSI(Linux): ACPI: DMI detected: Lenovo ThinkPad T61 ACPI: Added _OSI(Linux) ... ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query honored via DMI cmdline overrides take precidence over the built-in default and the DMI prescribed default. cmdline "acpi_osi=Linux" results in: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query honored via cmdline Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi/osl.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/osl.c122
1 files changed, 102 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/osl.c b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
index 15f095ea795e..e53fb516f9d4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/osl.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
@@ -77,7 +77,55 @@ static struct workqueue_struct *kacpi_notify_wq;
77#define OSI_STRING_LENGTH_MAX 64 /* arbitrary */ 77#define OSI_STRING_LENGTH_MAX 64 /* arbitrary */
78static char osi_additional_string[OSI_STRING_LENGTH_MAX]; 78static char osi_additional_string[OSI_STRING_LENGTH_MAX];
79 79
80static int osi_linux; /* disable _OSI(Linux) by default */ 80/*
81 * "Ode to _OSI(Linux)"
82 *
83 * osi_linux -- Control response to BIOS _OSI(Linux) query.
84 *
85 * As Linux evolves, the features that it supports change.
86 * So an OSI string such as "Linux" is not specific enough
87 * to be useful across multiple versions of Linux. It
88 * doesn't identify any particular feature, interface,
89 * or even any particular version of Linux...
90 *
91 * Unfortunately, Linux-2.6.22 and earlier responded "yes"
92 * to a BIOS _OSI(Linux) query. When
93 * a reference mobile BIOS started using it, its use
94 * started to spread to many vendor platforms.
95 * As it is not supportable, we need to halt that spread.
96 *
97 * Today, most BIOS references to _OSI(Linux) are noise --
98 * they have no functional effect and are just dead code
99 * carried over from the reference BIOS.
100 *
101 * The next most common case is that _OSI(Linux) harms Linux,
102 * usually by causing the BIOS to follow paths that are
103 * not tested during Windows validation.
104 *
105 * Finally, there is a short list of platforms
106 * where OSI(Linux) benefits Linux.
107 *
108 * In Linux-2.6.23, OSI(Linux) is first disabled by default.
109 * DMI is used to disable the dmesg warning about OSI(Linux)
110 * on platforms where it is known to have no effect.
111 * But a dmesg warning remains for systems where
112 * we do not know if OSI(Linux) is good or bad for the system.
113 * DMI is also used to enable OSI(Linux) for the machines
114 * that are known to need it.
115 *
116 * BIOS writers should NOT query _OSI(Linux) on future systems.
117 * It will be ignored by default, and to get Linux to
118 * not ignore it will require a kernel source update to
119 * add a DMI entry, or a boot-time "acpi_osi=Linux" invocation.
120 */
121#define OSI_LINUX_ENABLE 0
122
123struct osi_linux {
124 unsigned int enable:1;
125 unsigned int dmi:1;
126 unsigned int cmdline:1;
127 unsigned int known:1;
128} osi_linux = { OSI_LINUX_ENABLE, 0, 0, 0};
81 129
82static void __init acpi_request_region (struct acpi_generic_address *addr, 130static void __init acpi_request_region (struct acpi_generic_address *addr,
83 unsigned int length, char *desc) 131 unsigned int length, char *desc)
@@ -959,13 +1007,37 @@ static int __init acpi_os_name_setup(char *str)
959 1007
960__setup("acpi_os_name=", acpi_os_name_setup); 1008__setup("acpi_os_name=", acpi_os_name_setup);
961 1009
962static void enable_osi_linux(int enable) { 1010static void __init set_osi_linux(unsigned int enable)
1011{
1012 if (osi_linux.enable != enable) {
1013 osi_linux.enable = enable;
1014 printk(KERN_NOTICE PREFIX "%sed _OSI(Linux)\n",
1015 enable ? "Add": "Delet");
1016 }
1017 return;
1018}
1019
1020static void __init acpi_cmdline_osi_linux(unsigned int enable)
1021{
1022 osi_linux.cmdline = 1; /* cmdline set the default */
1023 set_osi_linux(enable);
1024
1025 return;
1026}
1027
1028void __init acpi_dmi_osi_linux(int enable, const struct dmi_system_id *d)
1029{
1030 osi_linux.dmi = 1; /* DMI knows that this box asks OSI(Linux) */
1031
1032 printk(KERN_NOTICE PREFIX "DMI detected: %s\n", d->ident);
1033
1034 if (enable == -1)
1035 return;
1036
1037 osi_linux.known = 1; /* DMI knows which OSI(Linux) default needed */
963 1038
964 if (osi_linux != enable) 1039 set_osi_linux(enable);
965 printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "%sabled _OSI(Linux)\n",
966 enable ? "En": "Dis");
967 1040
968 osi_linux = enable;
969 return; 1041 return;
970} 1042}
971 1043
@@ -982,12 +1054,12 @@ static int __init acpi_osi_setup(char *str)
982 printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "_OSI method disabled\n"); 1054 printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "_OSI method disabled\n");
983 acpi_gbl_create_osi_method = FALSE; 1055 acpi_gbl_create_osi_method = FALSE;
984 } else if (!strcmp("!Linux", str)) { 1056 } else if (!strcmp("!Linux", str)) {
985 enable_osi_linux(0); 1057 acpi_cmdline_osi_linux(0); /* !enable */
986 } else if (*str == '!') { 1058 } else if (*str == '!') {
987 if (acpi_osi_invalidate(++str) == AE_OK) 1059 if (acpi_osi_invalidate(++str) == AE_OK)
988 printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "Deleted _OSI(%s)\n", str); 1060 printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "Deleted _OSI(%s)\n", str);
989 } else if (!strcmp("Linux", str)) { 1061 } else if (!strcmp("Linux", str)) {
990 enable_osi_linux(1); 1062 acpi_cmdline_osi_linux(1); /* enable */
991 } else if (*osi_additional_string == '\0') { 1063 } else if (*osi_additional_string == '\0') {
992 strncpy(osi_additional_string, str, OSI_STRING_LENGTH_MAX); 1064 strncpy(osi_additional_string, str, OSI_STRING_LENGTH_MAX);
993 printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "Added _OSI(%s)\n", str); 1065 printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "Added _OSI(%s)\n", str);
@@ -1183,19 +1255,29 @@ acpi_os_validate_interface (char *interface)
1183 if (!strncmp(osi_additional_string, interface, OSI_STRING_LENGTH_MAX)) 1255 if (!strncmp(osi_additional_string, interface, OSI_STRING_LENGTH_MAX))
1184 return AE_OK; 1256 return AE_OK;
1185 if (!strcmp("Linux", interface)) { 1257 if (!strcmp("Linux", interface)) {
1186 printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX 1258
1187 "System BIOS is requesting _OSI(Linux)\n");
1188 if (acpi_dmi_dump())
1189 printk(KERN_NOTICE PREFIX
1190 "[please extract dmidecode output]\n");
1191 printk(KERN_NOTICE PREFIX
1192 "Please send DMI info above to "
1193 "linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org\n");
1194 printk(KERN_NOTICE PREFIX 1259 printk(KERN_NOTICE PREFIX
1195 "If \"acpi_osi=%sLinux\" works better, " 1260 "BIOS _OSI(Linux) query %s%s\n",
1196 "please notify linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org\n", 1261 osi_linux.enable ? "honored" : "ignored",
1197 osi_linux ? "!" : ""); 1262 osi_linux.cmdline ? " via cmdline" :
1198 if(osi_linux) 1263 osi_linux.dmi ? " via DMI" : "");
1264
1265 if (!osi_linux.dmi) {
1266 if (acpi_dmi_dump())
1267 printk(KERN_NOTICE PREFIX
1268 "[please extract dmidecode output]\n");
1269 printk(KERN_NOTICE PREFIX
1270 "Please send DMI info above to "
1271 "linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org\n");
1272 }
1273 if (!osi_linux.known && !osi_linux.cmdline) {
1274 printk(KERN_NOTICE PREFIX
1275 "If \"acpi_osi=%sLinux\" works better, "
1276 "please notify linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org\n",
1277 osi_linux.enable ? "!" : "");
1278 }
1279
1280 if (osi_linux.enable)
1199 return AE_OK; 1281 return AE_OK;
1200 } 1282 }
1201 return AE_SUPPORT; 1283 return AE_SUPPORT;