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more »Torvalds: Investigating ACPI Problems
Sep 25, 2007In a post on the Linux Kernel mailing list, Thomas Gleixner claims to have fixed ACPI suspend and resume problems. Linus Torvalds praised him for doing so, but also has his doubts.
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