linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dell-laptop: Add hwswitch

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Message-ID: <AANLkTinSgzLtNk1nrVejX0zafxzE0mG-p6rHD8dnhJBP@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:52:51 -0500
From:	Mario Limonciello <superm1@...ntu.com>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Keng-Yu Lin <keng-yu.lin@...onical.com>, len.brown@...el.com,
	alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dell-laptop: Add hwswitch_only module parameter

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 16:49, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 04:45:22PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
>> Matthew:
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 16:42, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote:
>> > I don't understand this. You know which code is broken - surely you're
>> > able to determine which products shipped with BIOSes derived from the
>> > broken code?
>>
>> Not all product's BIOS are developed in-house.  The ones that are, yes
>> it quite possible to identify.  Matter of fact, this issue tends to
>> not exist on the in-house developed BIOS codebase.
>
> Ok, so let's approach this differently. What is it that results in this
> issue not affecting Windows?
>
> --
> Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
>

Depending on the third-party vendor that worked on the BIOS, they may
have an additional method for modifying the wireless and another tool
in addition to the standard one used on a majority of the machines.
That method is not necessarily documented.

-- 
Mario Limonciello
superm1@...il.com
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