2008/11/29 Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 09:08:30PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: >> 2008/11/29 Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > Mostly we want to spend the time and effort that's gone into this on >> > making the kernel actually work properly, since the fdi approach doesn't >> > scale in the slightest. >> >> Still better, than every user having to set the acpi_flags via the >> boot prompt, which is even more effort than one user submitting a fdi >> file. >> >> And having to support a mix from the kernel cmd line and quirks via >> hal means more work for us. >> >> So this change actually saves us efforts. > > And forces a large set of users to reconfigure their systems.
I don't have numbers for that (and I doubt either have you), but my guess is that not a lot of users that are using hal/pm-utils are using acpi_flags via the kernel cmd line. So speaking of a large set of users might be mildly exaggerated. Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth? _______________________________________________ Pm-utils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/pm-utils
