On Tue, 2011-05-03 at 22:09 -0500, Zachary Buhman wrote: > On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 02:38 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > No, it says that it *is* blacklisted - which is true for some specific > > Aspire One models. > > I seems like most (if not all) distributions are treating it more like a > suggestion. > > > However, the code also has specific support for many > > other Aspire One models. > > In http://code.google.com/p/aceracpi/wiki/SupportedHardware in the > Unsupported Acer Aspire section > > "One series - But the WMI implementation on this laptop doesn't actually > do anything" > > I don't see how both statements can be true simultaneously. Indeed. That statement is dated 2009 and the driver has moved on. > Because it > quite literally doesn't do anything--straight from the words of the > developer himself--and ends up breaking wireless, it makes sense to > blacklist it on all Aspire One models. No. You only have the evidence of your own model. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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