Re: [PATCH 1/1] ACPI: Document _OSI and _REV for Linux BIOS writers

2016-11-29 Thread Lukas Wunner
On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 01:07:55PM -0500, Len Brown wrote: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 5:02 AM, Lukas Wunner wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:29:46AM -0500, Len Brown wrote: > >> +On a platform tasked with running multiple versions of Windows, > >> +the BIOS could use _OS to enable/disable devi

Re: [PATCH 1/1] ACPI: Document _OSI and _REV for Linux BIOS writers

2016-11-29 Thread Len Brown
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 5:02 AM, Lukas Wunner wrote: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:29:46AM -0500, Len Brown wrote: >> +On a platform tasked with running multiple versions of Windows, >> +the BIOS could use _OS to enable/disable devices that and OS >

Re: [PATCH 1/1] ACPI: Document _OSI and _REV for Linux BIOS writers

2016-11-22 Thread Lukas Wunner
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:29:46AM -0500, Len Brown wrote: > +On a platform tasked with running multiple versions of Windows, > +the BIOS could use _OS to enable/disable devices that and OS ^

[PATCH 1/1] ACPI: Document _OSI and _REV for Linux BIOS writers

2016-11-21 Thread Len Brown
From: Len Brown Based on a recent session at the Linux Plumber's Conference, we need to be more clear about how a BIOS should use _OSI to properly support Linux. Signed-off-by: Len Brown --- Documentation/acpi/osi.txt | 187 + 1 file changed, 187 ins