Re: ACPI Global lock broken on amd64

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <200802151944.23023.scw%netbsd.org@localhost>,
Steve Woodford  <scw%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>On Friday 15 February 2008 16:21:08 Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 01:44:02PM +0000, Steve Woodford wrote:
>> > I've attached a patch (which re-syncs the amd64 asm code with the
>> > i386 version) which I'd like the amd64 asm experts to review. With
>> > this patch, normal ACPI service is resumed (FSVO "normal").
>>
>> Let's get rid of it once and for all. We can implement the same
>> logic using atomic_case_32 in C code.
>
>That would be preferable to two subtly different asm versions. I'll hold 
>off committing my fix for now, on the expectation that someone more 
>familiar with the code will re-implement it in C.
>
>Cheers, Steve

Why don't you commit the fix with a message to that effect. This way
people who use current can benefit until a better fix is implemented.

christos