linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] acpi: update win8 OSI blacklist

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Date:	Mon, 7 Oct 2013 00:31:06 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acpi: update win8 OSI blacklist

On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 06:27:28PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> From acpi_osi_dmi_table:
> 
> /*
> * BIOS invocation of _OSI(Linux) is almost always a BIOS bug.
> * Linux ignores it, except for the machines enumerated below.
> */

Which was a mistake. We learn from mistakes rather than repeating them.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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