From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?iso-8859-2?Q?Zden=ECk?= OGAR =?iso-8859-2?Q?Skal=E1k?= Subject: Re: Intel ACPI Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 07:29:06 +0100 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <3E40AF32.AA177847@monetplus.cz> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20030204000748.00b62270@mail.dns-host.com> <20030204094540.GE1205@poup.poupinou.org> <20030204132251.E16744@suse.de> <20030204154359.GH1205@poup.poupinou.org> <20030204164641.A31886@suse.de> <20030204155548.GI1205@poup.poupinou.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi, Ducrot Bruno wrote: > = > On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 04:46:42PM +0100, Dave Jones wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 04:43:59PM +0100, Ducrot Bruno wrote: > > > > > > > Nothing, apart that it will not work reliability with Linux or= > > > > > any flavour of free *BSD. > > > > I wonder if it's worth allowing the user to override \_OS at boo= ttime. > > > In fact, I *always* change my \_OS string. > > > > Interesting. For any noticable gain ? > = > S1 and S4bios work better, especially in 2.4 series, if \_OS is set as > 'Microsoft Windows NT", because this OS have the same kind of support > for suspending/resuming devices as Linux 2.4 in general... > = > 2.5 is another story. I am not sure for now what is 'best'. So could we add kernel boot argument to allow changig/overriding the \_O= S string? Eg. acpi_os=3D"Microsoft Windows NT" to allow us to play with it = without rekompiling the kernel ? Zdenek OGAR Skalak -- = Ing. Zden=ECk OGAR Skal=E1k Monet+ a.s. Z=E1meck=E1 365 763 14 Zl=EDn - =A9t=EDpa, CZ Tel: +420 / 577 110 411, Fax: +420 / 577 914 557 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com