linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86 ACPI: Blacklist two HP machines with buggy BIOSes (Re: 2.6.27-rc8+

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Message-Id: <1223454202.1378.38.camel@lappy.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:23:22 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Jason Vas Dias <jason.vas.dias@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 ACPI: Blacklist two HP machines with buggy BIOSes
	(Re: 2.6.27-rc8+ - first impressions)

On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 22:59 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:

> The real reason is actually a workaround in the BIOS for problems
> in the older Linux code that caused duplicated timer interrupts.

That really made me blink - so instead of fixing Linux they fudged their
BIOS?

*utter amazement*

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