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From: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86: Enable monitor/mwait on Intel if BIOS hasn't
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Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:54:04 -0400 (EDT)
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> We can't trust BIOS authors to get things right. Where we can reliably 
> fix up things that are broken, we should do so.

How about if we can get a BIOS fix for this brand new system,
then we shall not clutter the kernel with a workaround,
otherwise we shall.

thanks,
-Len