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Subject: Re: [patch] IBM HDAPS accelerometer driver.
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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
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Robert Love <rml@novell.com> writes:

> On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 15:33 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
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> > Since such a check is possible, that's definitely a merge-stopper IMO
> 
> First, I am not asking that Linus merge this.  Everyone needs to relax.
> 
> Second, we don't know a DMI-based solution will work. I'll check it out.

With some luck it might be in the ACPI name space with a known
name. If yes that would be far more reliable than DMI.

-Andi