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They should ditch ACPI anyway. It seems it's too unsafe: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1332 http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1332
by higherpurpose 13y ago
They should ditch ACPI anyway. It seems it's too unsafe:
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1332 http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1332
- pjc50 13y agoACPI is, at the moment, the most labour-efficient way of getting suspend and resume working on the widest variety of hardware. The alternative Mark is putting forward is for manufacturers to support Linux directly, which isn't going to happen until it's as dominant as windows. Compare the android situation, where you get manufacturer support but not updates or proper merges into upstream.
- kryptiskt 13y agoACPI isn't going away on PCs, ditching it means ditching PCs as a target.
- celebril 13y agoThey said that for 16-bit CPUs and BIOS as well.
- Dylan16807 13y agoWhy would anyone ever claim that 16 bit support would never go away? Not that it did go away: all the x86_64 chips still have 16 bit support.
- Gormo 13y agoAnd modern PC motherboards still ship with traditional BIOS support.
- joosters 13y agoNever mind ACPI, the CPU chipset is already a delightful target for hackers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7452912 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7452912