On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 02:40:06PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > Sure, I realize this, but it solves the problem in one way for broken > hardware, such that it at least allows it to work, right? It also > provides a better incentive for the manufacturer to fix their bios, > which as you are on-site at HP, it would seem odd that they would just > not do that instead of trying to work around this in the kernel...
Greg, you know why: Cost. Asking the BIOS provider to roll a new version costs. Rolling the BIOS version might also require re-running the OS "Certification". Besides the cost of an OS re-cert, BIOS changes are unlikely to happen if it will delay the introduction and/or sale of new products. And it's not considered to be a "BIOS" problem unless win XP (or maybe "Vista" these days) fails the same way (which BIOS supplier would have fixed...). hth, grant -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/