Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:28:54 -0700 | | From | Grant Grundler <> | | Subject | Re: [Fwd: Re: [PATCH 0/5]PCI: x86 MMCONFIG] |
On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 02:40:06PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> Sure, I realize this, but it solves the problem in one way for broken
> hardware, such that it at least allows it to work, right? It also
> provides a better incentive for the manufacturer to fix their bios,
> which as you are on-site at HP, it would seem odd that they would just
> not do that instead of trying to work around this in the kernel...
Greg, you know why: Cost.
Asking the BIOS provider to roll a new version costs.
Rolling the BIOS version might also require re-running the OS "Certification".
Besides the cost of an OS re-cert, BIOS changes are unlikely to happen if
it will delay the introduction and/or sale of new products.
And it's not considered to be a "BIOS" problem unless win XP (or maybe
"Vista" these days) fails the same way (which BIOS supplier would have
fixed...).
hth,
grant
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