linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Fix DMI out of memory problems

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Date:	Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:56:04 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, ak@...e.de,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Fix DMI out of memory problems


* Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@...il.com> wrote:

> On Dec 19, 2007 12:06 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
> >
> > * Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Here is the right one -
> > > 2.6.24-rc5  is without patch, 2.6.24-rc5-new is with patch.
> >
> > >  DMI present.
> > > -dmi_save_oem_strings_devices: out of memory.
> > > -dmi_string: out of memory.
> >
> > ok. I guess absent a real regression/bug reported by someone who gets
> > these messages, we can do your patches in 2.6.25. DMI stuff is quite
> > hardware dependent so it's hard to get the code tested well.
> >
> 
> Yep, I agree.
> 
> Andrew if you want to keep it in -mm till 2.6.25 - that'd hopefully 
> give it some testing.

i've added it to x86.git - that gets included in -mm.

	Ingo
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