GPE block driver

Matt,
What shall we do with your GPE block driver patch? Will any systems need this?

Luming, and then Rui refreshed it a while ago.
It could use another refresh at this point...

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2934

thanks,
-Len

Hi Len,

I don't work at HP any more, so I no longer have access to systems which use this.

However, we have a horse-and-cart situation here -- if Linux doesn't support GPE blocks, BIOS vendors won't be able to use them. Since they are specified in the ACPI standard, we probably *ought* to support them.

I'll have to see if my new employer is willing to let me spend time on it ;-)

"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."