EFI is this other Intel brain-damage (the first one being ACPI)." - Meaning and context.">
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Torvalds, Linus (2006-07-24), Re: [PATCH 1/1] Add efi e820 memory mapping on x86 [try #1], retrieved: 2025-06-03
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EFI is this other Intel brain-damage (the first one being ACPI).

— Linus Torvalds

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "EFI is this other Intel brain-damage (the first one being ACPI)." in the context of "Torvalds, Linus (2006-07-24), Re: [PATCH 1/1] Add efi e820 memory mapping on x86 [try #1], retrieved: 2025-06-03" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Linus Torvalds

About Linus Torvalds

Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.