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Article #31Re: Don't buy Foxcon Mboards being sold with dodgy BIOS
From: Rob Morley
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:02
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:02
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:15:30 +0100 Conor <conor_turton@hotmail.com> wrote: > In article <WYCik.33137$E41.31782@text.news.virginmedia.com>, 7 > says... > > > > Don't buy or become reseller for Foxcon Mboards being fitted with > > dodgy BIOS > > > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=869249 > > > > They have now been reported to the FTC. > > > > It will be a support nightmare. > > > There is no problems with the BIOS. The problem is with Linux's > dependence on the tables in the BIOS. > I'm no expert in this sort of thing, but it seems from what he's written that Foxconn hasn't provided a compliant ACPI interface - they've just kludged it to work for various OS versions, and only the Windows ones work. The whole point of a standard interface is that it will work with /any/ compliant system, not just the ones for which they bothered to provide workarounds. The fact that they seem to think that getting MS approval is the same as fully complying with the standard really doesn't say much for their skills or attitude, does it?
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