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==Validating the RSDP==
 
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If the RSDP revision field is zero, it is ACPI version 1.0 and the first structure should be used, otherwise it is the second structure that should be used, as that has data about the [[XSDT]], an extended [[RSDT]].
 
The ACPI standards state that an OS that complies with ACPI version 2.0 or later should use the XSDT instead of the RSDT, however I personally doubt that there is a difference on 80x86 computers. AFAIK the XSDT itself was introduced for Itanium's (IA64) and other 64 bit computers where it's likely that the BIOS (and ACPI tables) are above 4 GB. On 80x86 it's likely that the RSDT and the XSDT both point to the same tables below 4 GB for compatibility reasons (it doesn't make sense to have 2 versions of the same tables) -- Brendan.
 
Before the RSDP is relied upon you should check that the checksum is valid. For ACPI 1.0 (the first structure) you add up every byte in the structure and make sure the lowest byte of the result is equal to zero. For ACPI 2.0 and later you'd do exactly the same thing for the original (ACPI 1.0) part of the second structure, and then do it again for the fields that are part of the ACPI 2.0 extension.
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