In a perfect world these "features" as you call them should be disabled
by the bios, but this is not happening everywhere. Some bioses seem to
have code for that in ACPI others rely on the OS to do the work.
We're already working on that thanks to Thomas' review and will send an
updated patchset asap. If there's anything you'd like to have changed
feel free to let us know.
Thanks :)
Stefan
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Stefan Assmann | SUSE LINUX Products GmbH
Software Engineer | Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg
Mail : sassmann@suse.de | GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg)
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