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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. > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay >Get office equipment for less on eBay! >http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 >_______________________________________________ >Acpi-devel mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acpi-devel ________________________________________________________________________________ Chcete si menit logo na telefonu podle nálady? Na http://www.atlas.cz/clickAD.asp?ad=31749 si nyní muzete po celý mesíc poslat logo za pouhé 4,90 Kc! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5