[ltp] Re: [RESEND] [PATCH 2/3] Introduce acpi_root_table=rsdt boot param and dmi list to force rsdt

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Tuesday, 21 of October 2008, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 04:01:55PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 
> > Moreover, as soon as the real fix is developed we can remove the DMI list.
> > Quite frankly, I don't see any downsides.
> 
> The downside is that with the DMI list there's significantly less 
> incentive to produce a "real" fix (assuming there is one).

I really don't think it works this way.

As long as there only are a few machines in the list, the incentive is very
small in either case.  However, as the number of machines in the list grows, it
will produce pressure to fix things.  [That's exactly what happened in the
case of the Turion-based HP BIOS issue.] 

> We've no idea how many other systems may be affected in one way or another.

Yes, and the list may help us to get an idea IMO.