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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfadt.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfadt.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfadt.c
index 620806965243..016bcdce64ed 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfadt.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfadt.c
@@ -476,17 +476,19 @@ static void acpi_tb_convert_fadt(void)
u32 i;
/*
- * For ACPI 1.0 FADTs (revision 1 or 2), ensure that reserved fields which
+ * For ACPI 1.0 FADTs (revision 1), ensure that reserved fields which
* should be zero are indeed zero. This will workaround BIOSs that
* inadvertently place values in these fields.
*
* The ACPI 1.0 reserved fields that will be zeroed are the bytes located
* at offset 45, 55, 95, and the word located at offset 109, 110.
*
- * Note: The FADT revision value is unreliable. Only the length can be
- * trusted.
+ * Note: The FADT revision value is unreliable because of BIOS errors.
+ * The table length is instead used as the final word on the version.
+ *
+ * Note: FADT revision 3 is the ACPI 2.0 version of the FADT.
*/
- if (acpi_gbl_FADT.header.length <= ACPI_FADT_V2_SIZE) {
+ if (acpi_gbl_FADT.header.length <= ACPI_FADT_V3_SIZE) {
acpi_gbl_FADT.preferred_profile = 0;
acpi_gbl_FADT.pstate_control = 0;
acpi_gbl_FADT.cst_control = 0;