Hello all,
In the 2.6.9 changelog It was written that :
"ACPI_OS_NAME was removed from the OS-specific headers. The default
name is now "Microsoft Windows NT" for maximum compatibility."
Regarding the lastest git repository, this is still the case. I was
wondering if this sentence is always true since.
I was said that Microsoft Vista needs a better ACPI implementation in
bioses, so I've been decompiling several DSDT from various vendors
(sony, asus) to check.
I found several things.
First, Vista sounds to be known as "Windows 2006" in the DSDT, but
vendors also includes some Linux stuff in it like
If (\_OSI("Linux")) {}
So on recent hardware could it be interesting to use Windows 2006 or
Linux as default ACPI_OS_NAME ?
Or could the "Linux" presence in the dsdt table could be detected for
overriding the default settings ?
I know we can override manually the ACPI_OS_NAME but this will be used
by very few as "normal" users don't know what that means.
So if autodetection is possible, could this improve hardware support/stability ?
Does Win2K ACPI_OS_NAME is still a good choice ?
I have to admit that I'm not a developer, so maybe ACPI_OS_NAME isn't
so important.
I was just wondering on how this parameter can affect linux's hardware
detection.
Sincerely,
Erwan Velu
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