[PATCH] bios: os2gap: remove ancient legacy test (LP:#1470573)

[Colin Ian King]

On 01/07/15 17:36, Blibbet wrote:
> On 07/01/2015 09:06 AM, Colin King wrote:
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king at canonical.com>
>>
>> The OS/2 memory gap test is an ancient legacy test. I
>> believe it was an issue with BIOS of the previous millennium,
>> so it is time to remove this test.
> 
> I don't know about this test, but OS/2 isn't dead yet. Arca Noae appears
> to be the current owner of OS.

Interesting. And I thought OS/2 was dead.

Since this test pertains to really old firmware which has probably been
recycled years ago, I'm hoping we can remove this old legacy test. I've
not see any firmware exhibit this issue ever.

> 
> https://www.arcanoae.com/
> 
> They joined the UEFI Forum a few months ago, so perhaps a UEFI-enabled
> version of OS/2 may happen? :-)

That will be bring them into the modern firmware era, so the os2gap test
will be meaningless in that context.

> 
> Thanks,
> Lee
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