From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ACPI: Add acpi_gbl_osi_data to OS headers Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:36:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <1274283791-3380-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> <1274283791-3380-2-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from vms173003pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.3]:59580 "EHLO vms173003pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750732Ab0FDRgP (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jun 2010 13:36:15 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([unknown] [98.118.125.200]) by vms173003.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0L3I000D13K3BZO6@vms173003.mailsrvcs.net> for linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:36:06 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: <1274283791-3380-2-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Matthew Garrett Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, robert.moore@intel.com > Different operating systems may wish to enable different workaround quirks > depending on the _OSI methods called by the firmware. I think that if this compatibility puzzle is solved, then there is no reason that, say, BSD, would want to do something different than Linux. So I think it makes more sent to implement this workaround inside ACPICA, and not in the Linux-specific code. thanks, Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center