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From: Pavel Machek <pavel-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
To: "Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)" <john.cagle-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Len Brown <len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Nate Lawson <nate-Y6VGUYTwhu0@public.gmane.org>,
	"Scott T. Smith" <scott-j3vAvQ9dNB9ByuSxxbvQtw@public.gmane.org>,
	ACPI Developers
	<acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>,
	Robert Moore
	<robert.moore-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Andrew Grover
	<andrew.grover-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: ACPI_STRICT_COMPLIANCE (was RE: RE: ACPI -- Workaround forbroken DSDT)
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 23:48:35 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040219224834.GH467@openzaurus.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C50AB9511EE59B49B2A503CB7AE1ABD10661123D-Iar2LzuD2f6P0FQRY6S+e9kSKC0Mw0DFJ8am2ALHCgk@public.gmane.org>

Hi!

> > think we can put under this umbrella also.
> 
> I agree.  This should make a lot of users happy, since the distro's will
> work out-of-the-box without modification (at least on those machines
> with known workarounds implemented in the ACPI driver), yet the OEMs can
> still test for strict compliance by recompiling the kernel.  Better than
> that would be a kernel command line option to do the same thing.
> ACPI_STRICT=ON?

You know how OEMs test their hardware? They stick distro
CD in, and if it boots, it must be okay :-(.
At least command line option would be good, we can't
really expect oems to recompile.
				Pavel
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-02-19 22:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-02-11 18:04 ACPI_STRICT_COMPLIANCE (was RE: RE: ACPI -- Workaround forbroken DSDT) Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)
     [not found] ` <C50AB9511EE59B49B2A503CB7AE1ABD10661123D-Iar2LzuD2f6P0FQRY6S+e9kSKC0Mw0DFJ8am2ALHCgk@public.gmane.org>
2004-02-11 19:35   ` Len Brown
2004-02-19 22:48   ` Pavel Machek [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-02-12  3:11 Yu, Luming
2004-02-12  5:33 Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)
     [not found] ` <C50AB9511EE59B49B2A503CB7AE1ABD10661124D-Iar2LzuD2f6P0FQRY6S+e9kSKC0Mw0DFJ8am2ALHCgk@public.gmane.org>
2004-02-12 23:08   ` Bruno Ducrot
2004-02-12  6:32 Yu, Luming
     [not found] ` <3ACA40606221794F80A5670F0AF15F8401CBB6AC-SRlDPOYGfgogGBtAFL8yw7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2004-02-12 20:21   ` Len Brown
2004-02-13  0:08 Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)
     [not found] ` <C50AB9511EE59B49B2A503CB7AE1ABD106611260-Iar2LzuD2f6P0FQRY6S+e9kSKC0Mw0DFJ8am2ALHCgk@public.gmane.org>
2004-02-13  0:50   ` Bruno Ducrot
     [not found]     ` <20040213005043.GE13262-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2004-02-16  8:34       ` Stefan Seyfried

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