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"Honza Pavel" <[email protected]>
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>-----Puvodni zprava-----
>Od: Ducrot Bruno [mailto:[email protected]]
>Odesláno: 30. kvetna 2003 7:59
>Komu: Ortwin Glück
>Predmet: Re: [ACPI] [AML] _OSI
>
>
>On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 01:42:47AM +0200, Ortwin Glück wrote:
>> Okay, I just included some Debug statement into my DSDT.
>> Findings:
>>
>> _OSI is not supported.
>>
>> \_OS_ equals "Linux"
>>
>> Follows:
>> Some sections in my DSDT (see attachment) are not executed on Linux.
>>
>> This is the (decompiled and fixed) DSDT of an Acer TM630.
>>
>> Isn't it a strange world where the BIOS is specific to an OS? And I
>> thought the OS should adapt to the hardware and not vice versa...
>>
>
>This _OS stuff is pure crasp IMHO.  The _OSI method is a Microsoft
>extension, and is documented somewhere in their site.  As for
>_OS, that is only crasp.
>
>Note that you can pass the acpi_os_name='' if you want
>to change _OS so that some method may work 'better' for you.
>Sometimes, it may help to try others values, but YMMV.
>
>
>Note also that only some thinkpads have _OS == 'Linux' related
>stuff implemented in their DSDT, but it seems that it is not
>well used though (at least, IBM do care of that, even
>if it is not perfect).
>I don't find that others vendors do care of others OS other
>than redmond' one.  But it is for laptops/desktop word.
>
>To be fair, _OS seems not to be used in servers.
>
>
>--
>Ducrot Bruno
>
>--  Which is worse:  ignorance or apathy?
>--  Don't know.  Don't care.
>
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