linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/4] Remove Linux specific

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Date:   Tue, 23 Aug 2022 13:51:30 -0500
From:   Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
To:     <rafael@...nel.org>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org>, <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        <ddadap@...dia.com>, <Dell.Client.Kernel@...l.com>,
        <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>, <kherbst@...hat.com>,
        Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 0/4] Remove Linux specific _OSI strings

3 _OSI strings were introduced in recent years that were intended
to workaround very specific problems found on specific systems.
The idea was supposed to be that these quirks were only used on
those systems, but this proved to be a bad assumption.  I've found
at least one system in the wild where the vendor using the _OSI
string doesn't match the _OSI string and the neither does the use.
So this brings a good time to review keeping those strings in the kernel.

In an RFC discussion of removing the strings it was clarified that all
3 uses in the kernel now have been fixed. As they're fixed, this series
removes those strings and the documentation encouraging their future use.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-acpi/54f3e05187c4e923b3a746beff3be4071ed0f2e1.camel@redhat.com/T/#m38f84a467f7f13302add169cbe0df8135ef15c62

Mario Limonciello (4):
  ACPI: OSI: Remove Linux-Dell-Video _OSI string
  ACPI: OSI: Remove Linux-Lenovo-NV-HDMI-Audio _OSI string
  ACPI: OSI: Remove Linux-HPI-Hybrid-Graphics _OSI string
  ACPI: OSI: Update Documentation on custom _OSI strings

 Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/osi.rst | 25 ++++++++++-------------
 drivers/acpi/osi.c                        | 24 ----------------------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

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