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Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:24:11 -0700 From: Alex Chiang <achiang@...com> To: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>, linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@...el.com>, gregkh@...e.de, lenb@...nel.org, matthew@....cx, rick.jones2@...com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pcihpd-discuss@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5][RFC] Physical PCI slot objects Hi Greg, * Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>: > On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 10:37:08AM -0700, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > > > > So I agree that the firmware kit has a clever hack that works > > on much existing x86 firmware, and it sounds like Tivoli > > might even rely on it. But I don't feel good about it, and > > it could easily break when some BIOS writer needs to make > > _SUN slightly more complicated. > > Do you know of such BIOSes out there that do this? Will the > above scheme not work for the ia64 boxes that you know of that > are out in the world today? Talked to some of our ia64 firmware folks, and they confirmed that our future platforms will implement _SUN as a control method. Thanks. /ac - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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