Re: Kernel Version specific vendor override possibilities needed - Revert and provide osi=linux or provide a replacement

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On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 00:13 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > It doesn't punish them. They're the ones who are going to work with us 
> > to ensure that Linux works on their hardware, and their needs are going 
> 
> And since when we have to work exactly like Windows (whatever version) does
> in THAT case?
> 
> Also, why would one thing (proper replacement for OSI(Linux)) cause any sort
> of difference over the other (trying to be bug-to-bug compatible with
> Microsoft crap).
> 

I agree with Henrique. Since we have, in fact, more Windows cases than
Linux cases and for Linux, just announce that  is recommended,
osi=linux. 
Also it is possible put Linuxs bios in a kind of white-list in kernel
code ...

-- 
Sérgio M. B.

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