From: Pavel Machek <pavel-AlSwsSmVLrQ@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>,
"Zden?k 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: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 18:53:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030207175329.GB129@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F760B14C9561B941B89469F59BA3A84725A15A-sBd4vmA9Se4Lll3ZsUKC9FDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>
Hi!
> > This is the linux part. It permit to pass a apci_os_name= boot args
> > in order to override the \_OS.
>
> I'm still not clear on why this needs to be changeable at runtime. If we do
> decide that the BIOS writers are so Windows-centric that we need to
> masquerade as one, why wouldn't we just change the #define and recompile?
>
> Dave, can you help me understand how a distro would find this useful, over
> just statically changing the reported _OS string?
Well, if we make it runtime-configurable, we can later use blacklist
entries to fool broken bioses... And besides, it is probably not
acceptable for any distribution to ship kernel presenting itself as
"Microsoft Windows".
Pavel
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-07 17:53 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
2003-02-05 19:50 ` Dave Jones
2003-02-07 17:53 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
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