Re: Kernel Version specific vendor override possibilities needed - Revert and provide osi=linux or provide a replacement

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-02-20T13:14:39Z

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Tomas Carnecky wrote:
> A lot has been discussed in linux-acpi, though mostly hidden in related
> threads. Ask Henrique, he's been trying to come up with a proper _OSI()
> interface. See for example this thread:

No, I haven't. Len is the mastermind behind it, AFAIK. I am just one of
the interested parties. I have been burned by halfway-done jobs in the
kernel once-too-many already IMO, so I am sticking around the threads to
make sure THIS time, at least I will also be at fault if it is done wrong.

The fact that Lenovo (and therefore, ThinkPads) is one of the vendors
directly affected by OSI(Linux) issues, has a LOT to do with my continued
participation on this issue, too. The saner the ThinkPad firmware is, from
a Linux standpoint, the better for me.

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them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh