Re: ACPI -- Workaround for broken DSDT

[Joseph Pingenot <trelane _at_ xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From Len Brown on Sunday, 01 February, 2004:
>this is probably best addressed to acpi-devel _at_ lists.sourceforge.net
>where people over-ride their BIOS ACPI DSDT all the time.
>However, there is a reason that it isn't push-button, and that is
>because we don't want to encourage people to do it.  We'd rather fix
>Linux where Linux is broken, or get the OEMs to fix their BIOS where the
>BIOS is broken.

How does one get a hold of a fixed DSDT?  I've seen postings about
  how to apply them, but how do they get released?  I'd *love* for
  Dell to release a fix for my Inspiron 8600 (haven't found a fixed
  DSDT), or to just get a hold of one.

*sigh*  When will the vendors support Linux?!

-Joseph
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