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From: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Jonathan Corbet wrote:

> Increasingly, it seems that it will not be possible to use modern hardware
> without ACPI.  So, in a sense, the point will be moot.  Certainly it is
> only a good thing that Linux has a high-quality ACPI implementation in the
> works, so that users will have the option to use it.  I expect that most
> will happily run it and look no further.  
> 
> But that doesn't change the fact that a lot of people do not like the ACPI
> standard.  There is some selling yet to be done if that dislike is to be
> overcome. 

Well, let's hope that when x86-64 comes out, it will go with saner chipsets.
Pity that it hadn't happened years ago - world without Itanic would certainly
be a nicer place...

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