From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265549AbUBBBwl (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 20:52:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265555AbUBBBwl (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 20:52:41 -0500 Received: from hb6.lcom.net ([216.51.236.182]:25984 "EHLO petrus.dynamic.digitasaru.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265549AbUBBBwk (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 20:52:40 -0500 Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 00:04:39 -0600 From: Joseph Pingenot To: Len Brown Cc: bluefoxicy@linux.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ACPI -- Workaround for broken DSDT Message-ID: <20040202060434.GA6038@digitasaru.net> Reply-To: trelane@digitasaru.net Mail-Followup-To: Len Brown , bluefoxicy@linux.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1075665236.2392.16.camel@dhcppc4> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1075665236.2392.16.camel@dhcppc4> X-School: University of Iowa X-vi-or-emacs: vi *and* emacs! X-MSMail-Priority: High X-Priority: 1 (Highest) X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: X-MimeOLE: Not Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>From Len Brown on Sunday, 01 February, 2004: >this is probably best addressed to acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >where people over-ride their BIOS ACPI DSDT all the time. >However, there is a reason that it isn't push-button, and that is >because we don't want to encourage people to do it. We'd rather fix >Linux where Linux is broken, or get the OEMs to fix their BIOS where the >BIOS is broken. How does one get a hold of a fixed DSDT? I've seen postings about how to apply them, but how do they get released? I'd *love* for Dell to release a fix for my Inspiron 8600 (haven't found a fixed DSDT), or to just get a hold of one. *sigh* When will the vendors support Linux?! -Joseph