From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox 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 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <20030205195000.B32277@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from andrew.grover-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org on Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 10:55:45AM -0800 Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: "Grover, Andrew" Cc: Ducrot Bruno , Dave Jones , =?iso-8859-1?Q?Zden=ECk_OGAR_Skal=E1k?= , acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org 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. -- "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 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com