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

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Date:	Sun, 6 Oct 2013 18:27:28 -0500
From:	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...il.com>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
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 6, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 03:51:05PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 03:40:42PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>> >
>> >> In case you didn't hear, the plan was to add an entry if a user
>> >> reports the backlight not working correctly, and acpi_osi="!Windows
>> >> 2012" fixing it with no negative effects. and that's what users did in
>> >> bug #60682.
>> >
>> > So add that to each entry you're adding to the list.
>>
>> No. These entries are already there, I'm merely updating it. I added a
>> comment before the list, but the comment was removed.
>
> There's no point in having a comment that describes a list, because
> someone will inevitably reorder them or insert things in between at some
> point. Add a comment per entry.

>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.
*/

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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