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Date:   Mon, 16 Mar 2020 11:02:02 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To:     Jian-Hong Pan <jian-hong@endlessm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "x86/reboot, efi: Use EFI reboot for Acer
 TravelMate X514-51T"
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On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 05:17:56PM +0800, Jian-Hong Pan wrote:
> But, that will raise another question:  Since the original quirk works
> for all Acer X514-51T and the quirk cannot be removed for older BIOS.
> Why not keep only original matching items for all Acer X514-51T
> laptops?

What does the "original matching items" mean?

> I am not sure which option is better.  Any comment?

If you mean, "let's not do anything and fix it only when there's really
a need to fix anything", then yes, I agree.

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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