[LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 and ACPI

[Andreas B. Mundt]

Hello everybody,

it has been pointed out on the list, that an implementation of ACPI for the
GA-M57SLI-S4 needs to be done in a "cleanroom" to avoid legal issues. 

Is it possible to move the ACPI functionality from the BIOS to the linux 
kernel? By extracting the DSDT from the vendor BIOS and preparing a kernel 
with:    

CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT=y
CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_FILE="/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.21/dsdt.hex" 

the user could run linuxbios but the vendor's DSDT as a workaround for the 
time being.

What modifications are necessary in linuxbios to allow for this?
Or do the same legal issues aply?

Thanks,

	Andi