On Wednesday, 25 June 2008 at 14:27, Joshua C. wrote:
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This with my dsdt in the maistream kernel (as missing code) was
just a joke. I think the kernel shouldn't collect fixes for broken
dsdt tables but just provide a way to insert a custom one at boot
time. I think it is poor judgemnt to incorporate anyones dsdt (or
other system specific code like bioses) in the mainstream kernel.
Just in case if this could have happended: at boot the kernel
should look throught a register with broken dsdt tables and apply
the "correct" one. and with new bios - should we incorporate our
new dsdt? Should the kernel check (on the millions of pcs it runs
on) for my/anyones dsdt? This is insane!
Nobody is suggesting anything of the sort. The fix (or probably
a workaround) should be done in the kernel acpi code, because if
Windows works, then so should Linux. We don't want users to mess
with their DSDT tables, however broken they may be.
Regards,
R.
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