On Monday 06 August 2007 05:55, Pavel Machek wrote:
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> > For the
> > upstream kernel, I think it is more appropriate to expose and fix
> > the fundamental problems.  For distro kernels, I'm less concerned
> > if you hide bugs instead of fixing them.
> 
> This is okay as long as you are willing to work around the fundamental
> problems in kernel. You are unable to _fix_ them. They are broken
> BIOSes.

The thing Linux needs to figure out is why Windows doesn't
get confused by what Linux claims to be broken BIOS.

So far I have one live sighting to be addressed by
the upstream kernel (from Knut).  I'm certainly looking
forward to the 2nd live sighting...

-Len
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