Sorry to hijack the thread but this is something similar and of a good news and how the Linux community (originally from Ubuntu forum) exposed Foxconn mobo broken BIOS ACPI so it will only boot on Windows. The community uproar forced them to re-wrote their bios and its a recognition that manufacturer can not ignore Linux community no more.
I know Foxconn, its the biggest ODM/OEM manufacturer for HP product DL series, MSA storage, work stations and laptops, IBM Blade Centers and P Series, Dell, NVIDIA video cards and even Iphone.... etc. This company is bigger than ASUS...... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=869249 snip......... A possible bug in Foxconn boards BIOS affects Linux ACPI Update: I just got off the phone with Foxconn, they called me from China (1 AM in Indiana, heh) and were asking if I would test an improved version of their BIOS based partially on the modifications I've made to mine, hopefully this all blows over, and regardless of who's fault it is or isn't, we can just go back to using our computers with full functionality. Thanks to the community for helping me get the message to Foxconn. Edit: Please tell Foxconn what you think of their behavior: http://www.foxconnchannel.com/support/online.aspx You need to put in an email, and then it will bring up a form, choose Complain/Suggest. FOXCONN PHONE NUMBERS and LOCATIONS OF US-Based facilities http://maps.google.com/maps?q=foxconn Edit: Welcome Digg, Reddit, and Slashdot. http://digg.com/linux_unix/Foxconn_d..._destroy_Linux http://www.reddit.com/comments/6tcv8...their_bios_to/ http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl.../07/25/1150218 Who is Foxconn and why must we get the message to them? I've heard a lot of people ask, "Who the hell is Foxconn", if you use a PC, there's a good chance you have one of their boards, even if it's branded as MSI or some other brand, if you use a Nintendo Wii, XBOX 360, or Playstation 3, Foxconn made that motherboard, this isn't some little dodgy hardware maker with no name that we can afford to be quiet about. ------------ I have disassembled my BIOS to have a look around, and while I won't post all the results here, I'll tell you what I did find. They have several different tables, a group for Windws XP and Vista, a group for 2000, a group for NT, Me, 95, 98, etc. that just errors out, and one for LINUX. The one for Linux points to a badly written table that does not correspond to the board's ACPI implementation, causing weird kernel errors, strange system freezing, no suspend or hibernate, and other problems, using my modifications below, I've gotten it down to just crashing on the next reboot after having suspended, the horrible thing about disassembling any program is that you have no commenting, so it's hard to tell which does what, but I'll be damned if I'm going to buy a copy of Vista just to get the crashing caused by Foxconn's BIOS to stop, I am not going to be terrorized. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ sometimes truth is stranger than fiction -bad religion- http://www.bloglines.com/blog/mailist ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I don't think the computers will take over the world. I have a bucket of water. On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 8:05 AM, Carlos Yu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jaime Tiongson wrote: >> Vista? A couple of months ago I bought a laptop from HP and they are >> not recommending the use of Vista and encouraged customers to install >> XP instead. I went to a laptop repair shop (for my old laptop) and I >> met a couple of customers requesting for a change of OS from Vista to XP. >> > Yup. Done that a few times with other laptops. Problem with > downgrading to XP sometimes are the device drivers. Ended up paying > 30USD annually for a subscription to driveragent.com. Usually get all > devices to work on XP with the site's driver scanning program. > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
