I uncovered an ACPI bug in my Dell Inspiron 5567. It was plaguing me for 8 years
Imagine you close your laptop lid to put it to sleep, but instead of pausing, it reboots. Not every time, just often enough to be infuriating. You try to save your work, but the machine decides to start over. For eight years, this has been the reality of using my Dell Inspiron 5567. A bug I couldn't explain, happening across every OS I installed. This is the story of how I dug into the firmware's source code and found the single, flawed command responsible. Intro This laptop has been my compa