Submission + - Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth Calls For End Of ACPI (phoronix.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has called for an end to ACPI in next-generation devices. Mark wrote a blog post calling to do away with executable firmwares for devices in an age of the NSA where they can be used as attack vectors to devices. In place of the status quo Mark calls for declarative firmwares and more innovation to happen within the upstream Linux kernel.