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

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Date:	Fri, 18 Oct 2013 21:30:08 -0500
From:	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...il.com>
To:	Stefan Hellermann <stefan@...2masters.de>
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 Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 5:43 AM, Stefan Hellermann
<stefan@...2masters.de> wrote:
> 2013/10/3 Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...il.com>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Felipe Contreras
>> <felipe.contreras@...il.com> wrote:
>> > More people have reported they need this for their machines to work
>> > correctly.
>> >
>> > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60682
>>
>> Reported-by: Stefan Hellermann <bugzilla.kernel.org@...2masters.de>
>
>
> That's not entirely correct! I reported bios version 2.52 is affected, but
> 2.54 is fixed. I think we should match all Lenovo 3259*, but only bios
> version < 2.54

As far as I know there's no way to do a match like that. So we have to
choose, either we apply the blacklist for all, or for none. Since
removing the win8 OSI doesn't cause any negative effects in 2.54, I
say we would do the former.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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