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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH][HVM] Reserve MMIO a0000-c0000 in ACPI dsdt

To: "He, Qing" <qing.he@xxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH][HVM] Reserve MMIO a0000-c0000 in ACPI dsdt
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:35:14 +0000
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On 16/11/06 9:32 am, "He, Qing" <qing.he@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Actually, I think it matters.
> This DSDT section is directly drawn from one native box. Without it, 64bit
> vista cannot boot successfully, and 64bit Windows 2003 reports resource
> conflict due to this region.
> 
> I don't know why only 64bit Windows complains, but add the region in dsdt
> would solve the problem. Per my experience, Windows has higher restrictions on
> ACPI tables than Linux.

Ok, I did the same with my native ACPI tables and yes, that region is marked
as reserved. I also got scared by the size and complexity of modern DSDTs. I
hate AML!

 -- Keir



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