Re: [PATCH] Add DMI quirk for Intel DP55KG mainboard

From: Matthew Garrett
Date: Wed Jan 06 2010 - 09:38:58 EST


On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 05:45:58PM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:

> can we do it based on the dmi/acpi year?
> Eg for all 2008 and later machines or something, while leaving the
> older ones as is

I think a saner model would be to use a similar method to Windows -
that is, change behaviour based on the OSI calls that the firmware
makes. If the firmware supports Vista, it's probably safe to use the
ACPI reboot method.

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