On Fri, 14 May 2010, Matthew Garrett wrote:
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> I think that's true except in the case where the Leading Other OS won't 
> use a device unless it's present in ACPI - that kind of enforcement 
> tends to concentrate vendors' minds, even if they'd otherwise be busy 
> filling data tables with garbage.

Largely true. That said, nobody uses Windows in a headless environment, 
the way people _do_ use Linux and then later plug in a keyboard. 

Also, even with Windows, I do wonder if they have things like cut-off 
dates for trusting ACPI. We certainly do.

		Linus
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