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Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:58:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk>
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On Sat, 11 Oct 2003, J.A. Magallon wrote:

> I have and (oldie...) SuperMicro P6DGU mobo with ACPI, but the kernel says
> it is too old (before 99, I think...).
> 
> Why are this BIOSes blacklisted ?

Because it's a hit and miss affair with the older bioses, so we just play 
it safe and don't run on them. Microsoft Windows does the same thing iirc.