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DISCUSSION J.A. Magallon 2 participants 2 messages Oct 10, 2003 – Oct 11, 2003

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J.A. Magallon

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Hi all...

I have and (oldie...) SuperMicro P6DGU mobo with ACPI, but the kernel says it is too old (before 99, I think...).

Why are this BIOSes blacklisted ?

TIA

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I have and (oldie...) SuperMicro P6DGU mobo with ACPI, but the kernel says it is too old (before 99, I think...).

Why are this BIOSes blacklisted ?

Because it's a hit and miss affair with the older bioses, so we just play it safe and don't run on them. Microsoft Windows does the same thing iirc.