Re: HP-Compaq laptops and Linux ACPI (was RE: redhat comment about intel not taking patches?)

Luming
2003-02-17T02:07:32Z

--- Duncan Gibb <duncangibb-zbhw9Kw21rH/AQmYMRTMl1aTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 02:30, Luming wrote:
>
> L> Does HP notebooks (your Evo N800c) support ACPI
> well
> L> when running Windows?
>
> I presume so, but I don't know for certain as the
> pre-installed WinXP
> was overwritten with Red Hat without ever getting
> the opportunity to
> boot.
>
>
> L> If so, linux should do it like windiows, despite
> those boxes
> L> does not comply with the ACPI spec. Am I right?
>
> No. What would be the point of having an open
> specification if
> manufacturers ignored it and left everyone playing
> blind catch-up with
> the embrace-bend-and-extend gang? Some might see
> that scenario as a
> flagrant abuse of monopoly by Redmond...
>
Our goal is to enable ACPI on every system. To achieve
this goal, we have to resort to defact standard.
>
> Duncan
>
>
>
>
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