Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 May 2010 16:38:42 +0100 | From | Matthew Garrett <> | Subject | Re: [git pull] Input updates for 2.6.34-rc6 |
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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.
-- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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