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Date:      Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:11:48 -0700
From:      Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        "Dana H. Myers" <dana.myers@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Alienware acpi problem
Message-ID:  <20060726201148.GA5068@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <44C7C8DA.3090402@gmail.com>
References:  <20060724215014.GA89464@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <200607241823.24477.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060725201556.GA97140@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <200607261505.38960.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060726192106.GA4693@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <44C7C8DA.3090402@gmail.com>

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On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 12:56:10PM -0700, 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.
> 

Perhaps.  But, it is Phoenix's name that is displayed.

-- 
Steve



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