linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: check function status in EDD boot code

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Message-ID: <48810C2D.6070807@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:33:33 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
CC:	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: check function status in EDD boot code

Jan Beulich wrote:
> Without checking the return value of get_edd_info() and adding the
> entry only in the success case, 6 devices show up under
> /sys/firmware/edd/, no matter how many devices are actually present.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>

Applied to x86/setup, thanks.

	-hpa
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