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SubjectRe: [git pull] Input updates for 2.6.34-rc6
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 07:54:53AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> But the issue here is that on a "legacy PC", we can't just say "ACPI
> doesn't mention this device, so it can't exist". Because in a legacy PC
> model, that simply isn't true. All those motherboard devices can easily
> exist (and do!) even if ACPI/PnP don't mention them.

I think that's true except in the case where the Leading Other OS won't
use a device unless it's present in ACPI - that kind of enforcement
tends to concentrate vendors' minds, even if they'd otherwise be busy
filling data tables with garbage.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org


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