From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sergio Monteiro Basto Subject: Re: Kernel Version specific vendor override possibilities needed - Revert and provide osi=linux or provide a replacement Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:31:53 +0000 Message-ID: <1203571913.3764.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1203471860.3358.177.camel@linux-2bdv.site> <20080220173248.GA22709@srcf.ucam.org> <20080220182339.GC17648@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20080220184954.GB23679@srcf.ucam.org> <20080221031324.GB6344@khazad-dum.debian.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature"; boundary="=-VILBaKme7m/Shtdx3nLd" Return-path: Received: from relay4.ptmail.sapo.pt ([212.55.154.24]:51700 "HELO sapo.pt" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751448AbYBUFb5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:31:57 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20080221031324.GB6344@khazad-dum.debian.net> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh Cc: Matthew Garrett , Thomas Renninger , Len Brown , linux-acpi , Theodore Tso , "Starikovskiy, Alexey Y" --=-VILBaKme7m/Shtdx3nLd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 00:13 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > It doesn't punish them. They're the ones who are going to work with us=20 > > to ensure that Linux works on their hardware, and their needs are going= =20 >=20 > And since when we have to work exactly like Windows (whatever version) do= es > in THAT case? >=20 > Also, why would one thing (proper replacement for OSI(Linux)) cause any s= ort > of difference over the other (trying to be bug-to-bug compatible with > Microsoft crap). >=20 I agree with Henrique. Since we have, in fact, more Windows cases than Linux cases and for Linux, just announce that is recommended, osi=3Dlinux.=20 Also it is possible put Linuxs bios in a kind of white-list in kernel code ... --=20 S=C3=A9rgio M. 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