From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] ACPI: add DMI to enable OSI(Linux) on ThinkPad T61 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:43:28 +0000 Message-ID: <20080119154328.GA11024@srcf.ucam.org> References: <200801171504.26361.lenb@kernel.org> <20080117213135.GF5547@mit.edu> <200801190240.45718.lenb@kernel.org> <20080119120830.GA16308@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20080119141727.GJ28387@mit.edu> <20080119153304.GA27060@khazad-dum.debian.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from cavan.codon.org.uk ([78.32.9.130]:47705 "EHLO vavatch.codon.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762017AbYASPno (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:43:44 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080119153304.GA27060@khazad-dum.debian.net> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh Cc: Theodore Tso , Len Brown , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 01:33:04PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > Yes. This is no easy problem asking for a quick hack as a solution. It is > not impossible to solve, but it will definately require more than hacks on > our side to get it done properly. The only way to get it done properly is to ensure that we're compatible with Windows, and to get vendors to tell us when we're not. Offering them any mechanism that allows them to special-case Linux will just lead to them doing so and ignoring the problem, which will probably then trip up other systems that don't special-case Linux. Let's not go down this path. The fact that we're even having to have this conversation should indicate that it's not a good idea. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org