From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: sony-laptop: ACPI Exception when a Fn-Key is pressed Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:00:41 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <7a3045780904051727o3780c7d3hebb26028a1b4eba5@mail.gmail.com> <20090406110154.GA25085@kamineko.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from vms173003pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.3]:55807 "EHLO vms173003pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750722AbZDGFBt (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Apr 2009 01:01:49 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([96.237.168.40]) by vms173003.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0KHP0068VSMXWMT2@vms173003.mailsrvcs.net> for linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:01:45 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: <20090406110154.GA25085@kamineko.org> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Mattia Dongili Cc: Rodrigo Luiz , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, bob.moore@intel.com > Does booting with acpi_osi=Linux makes things any worse? acpi_osi=Linux will make Linux answer YES if/when a BIOS asks OSI(Linux). However, it does not change if/when the BIOS asks if we are XP, nor would it change our (YES) answer if asked. Unlike all previous uses of OSI where what matters is what Linux ANSWERs, this port blocking feature depends on what the BIOS ASKS. Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center