* Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 09:39:38AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > so, the sequence should be: > > > > [ acpi if date > 2007 ] -> kbd -> triple fault > > No. We should find out which versions of Windows use the ACPI boot > mechanism and then > > [ acpi if firmware indicates Vista support ] -> whatever > > or something. Microsoft appear to have moved away from using date > cutoffs for anything other than whether or not to enable ACPI in the > first place, and we ought to attempt compatibility with them. okay, that's fine to me too. My main point is that we need something nuanced this time around (be it a string check or a cutoff) - not the "enable again" patch that i saw in the ACPI tree and which i had to NAK. Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
