From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: [ACPI] RE: [BK PATCH] ACPI updates Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 19:12:52 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20021209191252.N20336@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20021206125943.2199892e.hanno@gmx.de> <20021206072932.B16173@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20021206131746.C10368@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from marcelo-KCZ47A4bww4P48s/oLjRZg@public.gmane.org on Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 02:09:04PM -0200 To: Marcelo Tosatti Cc: Matthew Wilcox , Arjan van de Ven , =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hanno_B=F6ck?= , "Grover, Andrew" , pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, acpi-devel-pyega4qmqnRoyOMFzWx49A@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 02:09:04PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > Which machines do not work without the new ACPI code? hp's zx1-based ia64 machines (my personal interest..) and i thought some laptops required updated ACPI to boot. also, aren't there some SMP x86 boxes with buggy bios tables that won't boot without ACPI? -- "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk