Re: [ACPI] RE: [PATCH] [2/2] Allow override acpi_gbl_pre_defined_names (aka change that _OS).

[Pavel M. <pa...@su...>]

Hi!

> > This is the linux part.  It permit to pass a apci_os_name= boot args
> > in order to override the \_OS.
> 
> I'm still not clear on why this needs to be changeable at runtime. If we do
> decide that the BIOS writers are so Windows-centric that we need to
> masquerade as one, why wouldn't we just change the #define and recompile?
> 
> Dave, can you help me understand how a distro would find this useful, over
> just statically changing the reported _OS string?

Well, if we make it runtime-configurable, we can later use blacklist
entries to fool broken bioses... And besides, it is probably not
acceptable for any distribution to ship kernel presenting itself as
"Microsoft Windows".
								Pavel

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