linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: EuroBraille/Iris power off

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Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:19:24 +0200
From:	Samuel Thibault <Samuel.Thibault@...-lyon.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Sebastien Hinderer <Sebastien.Hinderer@...-lyon.org>,
	Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: EuroBraille/Iris power off

H. Peter Anvin, le Wed 25 Aug 2010 17:06:20 -0700, a écrit :
> On 08/25/2010 03:50 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > H. Peter Anvin, le Wed 25 Aug 2010 14:19:55 -0700, a écrit :
> >> At that point I'd almost prefer doing something like a BIOS signature
> >> check if we can't do anything better.
> > 
> > Well, there will be several versions of the BIOS signature, which the
> > constructor is not likely to provide.
> 
> Then we'll gather them up, or something.

Who?  This is a very particular kind of device, on which you can install
Linux only through some trick, thus machine coverage will most probably
be very low.  Having to activate a module by hand is really not a
problem here.

> What other forms of enumerable hardware is on this machine?  PCI?

I don't remember and will let Shérab answer.

Samuel
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