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this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2023
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Better question? Why do some vendors such as HP restrict the capabilities of ACPI and keep some hardware hidden from the OS?
Now this is a very good observation however this mess only happened with ARM because there's no standard firmware (UEFI) support for it like we have with x86. In x86 the UEFI is made by brands such as AMI, Phoenix and Insyde that essentially provide a generic hardware abstraction layer in a more or less consistent way to all hardware manufacturers and kernels while with ARM everyone does it's thing. Another thing to consider is that if you look at the boards from the big vendors, DELL, HP and whatnot, they're all outsourced / designed by a small group of Chinese companies making things even more standard.