On Wed, 2023-05-24 at 17:36 +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > The problem is that this can really easily blow up your machine if > > some incorrect bit is applied. And more easily applicable, more > > chance to break by novice users, simply by believing what a chat > > bot > > speaks :) > > That's the very reason why this kind of change should be via ACPI > > table officially set up by the vendor. That said, the question is > > only who and how can be responsible for this kind of change. It's > > no technical issue, per se. > > > > If BIOS can't be updated, at least, the configuration change has to > > be > > confirmed by ASUS people. If ASUS still ignores the inquires and > > requests, we may put the quirk but with a bit fat warning (and > > maybe > > complaints to ASUS) to be shown in the log as a very last resort. > > > > Let's see what happens. > > Thanks Takashi. > > Just a note to say we're not ignoring this and are investigating the > best way to support released laptops with ACPI incompatible with > Linux. > We're hoping this is going to be less of an issue going forward. > Please > bear with us while we look into this. > This is great news, thank you Stuart. If you need testing done at all on a wide range please reach out to me and I will enlist the help of those with the affected laptops I mentioned.
