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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:11:48 -0700
From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: Alienware acpi problem
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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