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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [ACPI] RE: [BK PATCH] ACPI updates
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 14:17:41 -0500
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To: Matthew Wilcox <willy-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo-KCZ47A4bww4P48s/oLjRZg@public.gmane.org>, Arjan van de Ven <arjanv-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>, Hanno B?ck <hanno-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>, "Grover, Andrew" <andrew.grover-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>, pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, acpi-devel-pyega4qmqnRoyOMFzWx49A@public.gmane.org
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On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 07:12:52PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> 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?

There are several classes of machines that require ACPI to boot... a big
question is whether these machines need full ACPI or just acpitable.c,
too...