SystemIO conflicts are not firmware bugscodon.org.uk 24 pointshaeseong2 days ago3 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−dataflow42mTwo questions:1. How does the kernel detect the conflict?you can certainly boot with acpi=off if you want to and no ACPI code will be executed at runtime2. How does the kernel prevent the firmware from running anything?−eqvinox3hthe internet will tell you that PC firmware developers are incompetent³³ I’m not going to present an opinion on that here, merely say that this provides no supporting evidence for that assertionIf anything, isn't this evidence the vendor should've paid someone to write an ACPI driver for Linux? :-)−lmz2hNo. Unless the hardware had Linux stickers on it.
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Two questions:
1. How does the kernel detect the conflict?
2. How does the kernel prevent the firmware from running anything?
If anything, isn't this evidence the vendor should've paid someone to write an ACPI driver for Linux? :-)
No. Unless the hardware had Linux stickers on it.