linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ibft: Update iBFT handling for v1.03 of the spec.

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Date:	Wed, 12 May 2010 10:09:07 -0400
From:	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
CC:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gpxe-devel@...erboot.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ibft: Update iBFT handling for v1.03 of the spec.

On 05/12/2010 01:26 AM, Len Brown wrote:
> 
>>  #define IBFT_SIGN "iBFT"
> ...
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
>> +	/*
>> +	 * One spec says "IBFT", the other says "iBFT". We have to check
>> +	 * for both.
>> +	 */
> 
> Really?
> Which one do you see in the field?

Well, we haven't seen any ACPI-based hardware yet AFAIK - but I'm supposed to
have some soon.  So it's too early to tell which one is actually going to be
the more common case, or if this is really a non-issue.

> any reason to #define "iBFT" above and not use it below?

Nope, that's just an error.  I'll send a patch.

> 
>> +	if (!ibft_addr)
>> +		acpi_table_parse(ACPI_SIG_IBFT, acpi_find_ibft);
>> +	if (!ibft_addr)
>> +		acpi_table_parse("iBFT", acpi_find_ibft);
>> +#endif /* CONFIG_ACPI */
> 
> Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center


-- 
        Peter

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