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From: Carlos Morgado <chbm-tNiY1ywYjSU@public.gmane.org>
To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_ACPI_RELAXED_AML option
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 17:18:15 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021213171815.GS5382@whisky.intra.cprm.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B9ECACBD6885D5119ADC00508B68C1EA0D19B9AB-LkGsggTGxVmSsB6bSF6DdVDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>; from robert.moore-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org on Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 16:22:43 +0000


On 2002.12.13 16:22:43 +0000 "Moore, Robert" wrote:

> 
> What is really being proposed here is for Linux ACPI to be bug-for-bug
> compatible with Microsoft.  This is impossible to do deterministically
> because the MS interpreter is closed source.  The only standard that we have
> that we can code to is the ACPI specification, and this has to be the last
> word on the matter.
> 

not to mention windows tends to ignore builtin dsdts afaik and use the ones
distributed in windows drivers. 
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-12-13 17:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-12-13 16:22 [PATCH] Add CONFIG_ACPI_RELAXED_AML option Moore, Robert
     [not found] ` <B9ECACBD6885D5119ADC00508B68C1EA0D19B9AB-LkGsggTGxVmSsB6bSF6DdVDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>
2002-12-13 17:18   ` Carlos Morgado [this message]
     [not found]     ` <20021213171815.GS5382-V9yvzcrGID8XxY44YfPCZCanxOoIfzq+@public.gmane.org>
2002-12-13 18:14       ` Matthew Tippett
2002-12-13 19:52         ` Craig Whitmore
     [not found]           ` <01ac01c2a2e8$67571d70$3746028e@bio.dfo.ca>
     [not found]             ` <001901c2a2f7$1f2eae50$0100000a@lennon>
2002-12-16 13:06               ` Derek Broughton
2002-12-13 18:15       ` Ducrot Bruno
2002-12-15 20:59   ` Pavel Machek
     [not found]     ` <20021215205944.GA6330-I/5MKhXcvmPrBKCeMvbIDA@public.gmane.org>
2002-12-16 14:34       ` NoZizzing OrDripping
     [not found]         ` <20021216143410.21977.qmail-wdi6g2619JCA/QwVtaZbd3CJp6faPEW9@public.gmane.org>
2002-12-16 16:19           ` Alan Cox
     [not found]             ` <1040055593.13786.56.camel-MMxVpc8zpTQVh3rx8e9g/fyykp6/JSeS3vcXtXqGYxw@public.gmane.org>
2002-12-16 16:05               ` Andrew Kohlsmith
2002-12-16 16:22           ` Carlos Morgado
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-12-13 22:31 Grover, Andrew
2002-12-13 10:55 Herbert Nachtnebel
2002-12-13  4:48 NoZizzing OrDripping

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