linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5][RFC] Physical PCI slot objects

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Message-ID: <20071114220022.GB19850@kroah.com>
Date:	Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:00:22 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>, 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

On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 02:42:21PM -0700, Alex Chiang wrote:
> * 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?
> 
> One last mail on this subject -- Bjorn has pointed out to me that
> the Dell pe6800 and rez1850 both implement _SUN as control
> methods today.

Does the firmware kit break on them?

> Does Tivoli run on those machines? If so, how is it getting slot
> information?

I have no idea, I don't work for them :)

good luck,

greg k-h
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