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From: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
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> We can't trust BIOS authors to get things right. Where we can reliably 
> fix up things that are broken, we should do so.

How about if we can get a BIOS fix for this brand new system,
then we shall not clutter the kernel with a workaround,
otherwise we shall.

thanks,
-Len