Need info about ACPI - implementing, done ....

[Nate Lawson]

Artur Bać wrote:
> Nate Lawson pisze:
>> Artur Bać wrote:
>>> There is no ACPI , there is Microsoft invention combo  of ACPI+WMI+MOF
>>> so we call acpi  method which calls wmi method with code located in 
>>> bios or embbeded as MOF data into acpi ...
>>
>> Yeah, it would be better to implement a generic WMI driver and then 
>> call it from your wireless switch driver.  Not all laptops will 
>> support this method of calling into WMI via ACPI since it's not a 
>> standard.
>>
> 
> After reading ...
> http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03020.pdf 
> 
> I'm frustrated with the knowlege that Hi was able/he tryed to make my 
> privte hardware, laptop making useles in areas where it suits me best.
> 
> This article shows why there is a mix of WMI+ACPI in my laptop, and why 
> we are unable to use only ACPI to take the best from it.
> 
> He is realy a big sucker.
>

This is a bit off-topic.  However, I think the combination of an 
over-complicated spec and the secrecy/anonymity of OEMs is the real 
enabler of acpi problems.  You do know that some small shop in Taiwan 
actually defined and built your BIOS, not Phoenix or AMI, right?

-- 
Nate