linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add DMI quirk for Intel DP55KG mainboard

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Message-ID: <4B45001E.7000404@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:26:54 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
CC:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Christian Hofstaedtler <ch@...a.at>, x86@...nel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	bruce.w.allan@...el.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add DMI quirk for Intel DP55KG mainboard

On 01/06/2010 12:22 PM, Len Brown wrote:
>>
>> It's effectively guaranteed if the system is validated with Windows.
> 
> today's common industry practice != future guarantee
> 
> We can't rely on blind use of _OSI to mean "new enough", since
> it was supported back in W2K era.  That means we have to parse
> the OSI strings.  But what happens when a BIOS writer decides to
> evaluate _OSI("Windows Future") without evaluating any of the
> old strings we know about?  We would disable ACPI reset on such
> a future box?
> 

What about using _OSI() with a *blacklist*, i.e. treat _OSI("Unknown
String") as "new enough", whereas _OSI("Windows 2000") is ignored?

	-hpa

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