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Re: [PATCH 1/1] ACPI: Document _OSI and _REV for Linux BIOS writers

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On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 01:07:55PM -0500, Len Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 5:02 AM, Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de> wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:29:46AM -0500, Len Brown wrote:
> >> +On a platform tasked with running multiple versions of Windows,
> >> +the BIOS could use _OS to enable/disable devices that and OS
> >                                                            ^
> >                                                            delete
> 
> Here I was trying to describe that the BIOS may enable or disable
> devices and quirks based on the OS.  Yes, there are examples
> of disabling in addition to enabling -- as sometimes there is a device
> that may appear as different specific flavors of device based on the OS.
> Are you  pointing out that I should use the word "or" instead of a '/'?

I meant s/and/an/, so "devices that an OS", it looked like a typo to me.
Sorry for not making this clear enough.


> Great feedback!
> Yes, I did a somewhat superficial job on the Darwin section.
> I'll re-write it, incorporating your feedback, and send out an updated patch.

Great, thanks!

Lukas

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Re: [PATCH 1/1] ACPI: Document _OSI and _REV for Linux BIOS writers Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> - 2016-11-29 19:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 1/1] ACPI: Document _OSI and _REV for Linux BIOS writers Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de> - 2016-11-29 19:30 +0100

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