From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753876Ab0DTTAc (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:00:32 -0400 Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:52725 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753234Ab0DTTAb (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:00:31 -0400 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" To: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: DMI init_set_sci_en_on_resume for multiple Lenovo ThinkPads Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:01:10 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.4 (Linux/2.6.34-rc4-rjw; KDE/4.3.5; x86_64; ; ) Cc: Jerone Young , Alex Chiang , lenb@kernel.org, colin.king@canonical.com, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, "linux-kernel" , stable@kernel.org References: <20100420140314.GA5573@canonical.com> <1271783936.25170.131.camel@laptop> <20100420172419.GA9719@srcf.ucam.org> In-Reply-To: <20100420172419.GA9719@srcf.ucam.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201004202101.10245.rjw@sisk.pl> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 20 April 2010, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:18:56PM -0500, Jerone Young wrote: > > > I could agree, but the only issue is if you go to the thinkpad-acpi or > > ibm-acpi mailing list they would probably disagree as there have been > > updates to the bios in the past required for proper functionality of > > Thinkpads ;-) .. the bios update methods have not changed since then for > > Thinkpads. > > If another OS works, and if Linux can be made to work without impairing > the functionality of working machines, then Linux should be made to > work. Always. Updating the BIOS should be limited to cases where it's > impossible to fix things up in the OS. Agreed. Rafael