Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:58:00 -0400 (EDT) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: ACPI year blacklist |
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On Sat, 11 Oct 2003, J.A. Magallon wrote:
> I have and (oldie...) SuperMicro P6DGU mobo with ACPI, but the kernel says > it is too old (before 99, I think...). > > Why are this BIOSes blacklisted ?
Because it's a hit and miss affair with the older bioses, so we just play it safe and don't run on them. Microsoft Windows does the same thing iirc.
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