Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:26:54 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add DMI quirk for Intel DP55KG mainboard |
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On 01/06/2010 12:22 PM, Len Brown wrote: >> >> It's effectively guaranteed if the system is validated with Windows. > > today's common industry practice != future guarantee > > We can't rely on blind use of _OSI to mean "new enough", since > it was supported back in W2K era. That means we have to parse > the OSI strings. But what happens when a BIOS writer decides to > evaluate _OSI("Windows Future") without evaluating any of the > old strings we know about? We would disable ACPI reset on such > a future box? >
What about using _OSI() with a *blacklist*, i.e. treat _OSI("Unknown String") as "new enough", whereas _OSI("Windows 2000") is ignored?
-hpa
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