From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: DMI init_set_sci_en_on_resume for multiple Lenovo ThinkPads Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:24:19 +0100 Message-ID: <20100420172419.GA9719@srcf.ucam.org> References: <20100420140314.GA5573@canonical.com> <1271782601.25170.105.camel@laptop> <20100420171415.GA9550@srcf.ucam.org> <1271783936.25170.131.camel@laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from cavan.codon.org.uk ([93.93.128.6]:48877 "EHLO cavan.codon.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754401Ab0DTRY0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:24:26 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1271783936.25170.131.camel@laptop> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Jerone Young Cc: Alex Chiang , lenb@kernel.org, colin.king@canonical.com, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel , stable@kernel.org On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:18:56PM -0500, Jerone Young wrote: > I could agree, but the only issue is if you go to the thinkpad-acpi or > ibm-acpi mailing list they would probably disagree as there have been > updates to the bios in the past required for proper functionality of > Thinkpads ;-) .. the bios update methods have not changed since then for > Thinkpads. If another OS works, and if Linux can be made to work without impairing the functionality of working machines, then Linux should be made to work. Always. Updating the BIOS should be limited to cases where it's impossible to fix things up in the OS. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org