From: Matthew Wilcox <willy-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: "Grover, Andrew" <andrew.grover-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "Ducrot Bruno" <ducrot-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>,
"Dave Jones" <davej-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>,
"Zdenìk OGAR Skalák"
<skalak-Bh/+Xfn7orxQjibfaplwYw@public.gmane.org>,
acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: RE: [PATCH] [2/2] Allow override acpi_gbl_pre_defined_names (aka change that _OS).
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 19:50:00 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030205195000.B32277@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F760B14C9561B941B89469F59BA3A84725A15A-sBd4vmA9Se4Lll3ZsUKC9FDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>; from andrew.grover-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org on Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 10:55:45AM -0800
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 10:55:45AM -0800, Grover, Andrew wrote:
> Dave, can you help me understand how a distro would find this useful, over
> just statically changing the reported _OS string?
Dave's point is that a distro cannot change it, since it would work for
most users as "Linux". But it offers the opportunity for users to try
(on an individual basis) to pretend to be NT.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-05 19:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-05 18:55 [PATCH] [2/2] Allow override acpi_gbl_pre_defined_names (aka change that _OS) Grover, Andrew
2003-02-05 20:40 ` Derek Broughton
[not found] ` <016901c2cd56$d2ee4f70$3746028e-dP0OE4Ef7fWw5LPnMra/2Q@public.gmane.org>
2003-02-05 21:17 ` Jean-Pierre Schwickerath
2003-02-06 13:57 ` Derek Broughton
[not found] ` <008601c2cde7$ae63a2e0$3746028e-dP0OE4Ef7fWw5LPnMra/2Q@public.gmane.org>
2003-02-06 16:22 ` Ducrot Bruno
[not found] ` <F760B14C9561B941B89469F59BA3A84725A15A-sBd4vmA9Se4Lll3ZsUKC9FDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>
2003-02-05 19:27 ` Ducrot Bruno
2003-02-05 19:50 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2003-02-05 19:50 ` Dave Jones
2003-02-07 17:53 ` Pavel Machek
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