Re:After protest, Lenovo adds Linux compatibility to Yoga 90...
by incompatible on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @05:05PM
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Is the unreliable hardware causing problems for Windows users?
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Re:After protest, Lenovo adds Linux compatibility to Yoga 90...
by digi_owl on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @11:15PM
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Nope, because Intel can just push some binary drivers out and everyone will down it with a gargle.
The kernel patches are refused because the kernel devs expect to maintain the code for as long as there are devices in active use that need it once allowed in.
Thus they demand a proper spec for the device behavior so they can test for breakages down the line. And apparently the patches are already violating AHCI behavior expected by the kernel.
Or at least that is what i got out of reading the short ML thread.