Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH][HVM][ACPI] Introduce a compatible rev1 FADT to fix ACPI Windows 2000 installation

[Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 14/3/07 03:39, "He, Qing" <qing.he@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch adds a revision 1 FADT in ACPI, and relinks the original rev.
> 4 FADT only to XSDT. It avoids a buffer overflow in the initialization
> of Window 2000 ACPI HAL (pre ACPI 2.0 OS), and thus enables the
> installation and boot. This compatibility practice is also used in
> hardware, please refer to:
> http://www.acpi.info/presentations/S01USMOBS169_OS%20new.ppt
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qing He <qing.he@xxxxxxxxx>

Great catch. Thanks!

 -- Keir


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