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    ACPI: OSI: Update Documentation on custom _OSI strings · 2f190ac2
    Mario Limonciello authored
    Originally, when there was some custom ASL needed for Linux, the
    guidance for Linux-friendly OEMs was to introduced a new string in the
    APCI tables and discuss it on the kernel mailing lists.
    
    This lead to 3 strings being introduced.  Those strings now have the
    original problems fixed in the kernel and have since been removed.
    The kernel no longer advertises any custom Linux-* _OSI strings for
    OEM use.
    
    It was discovered that these removed strings were actually being abused
    to detect Linux for unrelated reasons, so drop the encouragement for
    new ones to be added.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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