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Re: [Xen-devel] RE: [PATCH 5/7] xen/acpi: Domain0 acpi parser related pl

To: "Cihula, Joseph" <joseph.cihula@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] RE: [PATCH 5/7] xen/acpi: Domain0 acpi parser related platform hypercall
From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:06:59 -0400
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> > >> +#define XENPF_enter_acpi_sleep    51
> > >> +struct xenpf_enter_acpi_sleep {
> > >> +        /* IN variables */
> > >> +        uint16_t pm1a_cnt_val;      /* PM1a control value. */
> > >> +        uint16_t pm1b_cnt_val;      /* PM1b control value. */
> > > These are uint32_t in native Linux--why truncate in the API and not at 
> > > use?
> > 
> > Does ACPI define them as 32 or 16 bit?
> 
> The spec indicates that the length is variable and could be up to 32 bits 
> (AFAICT).  And Linux uses 32b, which your other patch is truncating for this 
> call.

Yikes! Well, looks like we need to fix the Xen ABI too. Lets get that fixed
and also address all the other comments (thanks for looking at it) you pointed
out.

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