linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI: add DMI info to enable OSI(Linux) on PRIMEQUEST

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Message-ID: <20080526080614.GA28147@elf.ucw.cz>
Date:	Mon, 26 May 2008 10:06:14 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	Taku Izumi <izumi.taku@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI: add DMI info to enable OSI(Linux) on
	PRIMEQUEST

On Mon 2008-05-26 16:56:05, Taku Izumi wrote:
>
> Thank you for your response.
>
>>> This patch adds DMI info to enable OSI(Linux) on PRIMEQUEST.
>>> (PRIMEQUEST is ia64 machine.)
>>
>> Why is it needed? Why needs your bios know whether it is Linux or BSD
>> or whatver running?
>
>   For memory hotplug support.
>   Memory hotplug doesn't work on PRIMEQUEST when OSI(Linux) is disabled.

So fix the BIOS: there's no reason why memory hotplug should not work
on BSD or Windows...
									Pavel
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