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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add DMI quirk for Intel DP55KG mainboard
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:37:33 -0800
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On 01/04/2010 06:15 PM, Robert Hancock wrote:
> 
> Think you mean 2001, Vista was 2006..
> 
> I'm assuming that Windows is using ACPI reset these days, so presumably
> that's what we should be doing by default, and blacklisting machines
> where that doesn't work, rather than the reverse..

Using a DMI cutoff year in the mid-2000's seems like it would make sense.

	-hpa

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