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Message-ID: <48934926.2010200@zytor.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:34:30 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Russ Anderson <rja@....com>
CC: mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>
Subject: Re: x86 BIOS interface for partitioning and system serial number
on SGI UV
Russ Anderson wrote:
> x86 BIOS interface for partitioning and system serial number on SGI UV
> - if (!proc_mkdir("sgi_uv", NULL))
> + if (!sgi_uv_dir)
> + sgi_uv_dir = proc_mkdir("sgi_uv", NULL);
> + if (!sgi_uv_dir)
> return -EINVAL;
This really seems more that it should belong in sysfs --
/sys/class/firmware presumably.
> +# define BIOS_CALL(result, a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7) \
> + do { \
> + /* XXX - the real call goes here */ \
> + result.status = BIOS_STATUS_UNIMPLEMENTED; \
> + result.v0 = 0; \
> + result.v1 = 0; \
> + } while (0)
I have more than a little problem with submitting patches like this. We
have no way to judge the suitability of the coding or the interface with
the "meat" of the driver stubbed out!
-hpa
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