Alienware acpi problem

[Nate Lawson]

Dana H. Myers wrote:
> Steve Kargl wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 03:05:38PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
>>> You have some of the most incompetent BIOS writers I've ever seen working on 
>>> your machine I'm afraid.
>> It's a Phoenix BIOS.
> 
> Actually, I don't think Phoenix gets all the blame.  I believe
> that Phoenix provides a toolkit which board manufacturers customize.
> So it's probably not Phoenix writing the bum ASL you're seeing.

That's correct.  Phoenix produces a tool that has some example ASL.  The 
Chinese/Taiwanese company that actually makes the laptop (e.g., Compal) 
subcontracts out the BIOS customization to an small firm (2 guys) that 
bang on it until it boots Windows.

-- 
Nate