linux-kernel - Re: Misc fixes for 2.6.27

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Message-ID: <87sksjwjwg.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:01:19 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Misc fixes for 2.6.27

Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> writes:

> On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:32:16 +0200
> Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
>
>> David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org> writes:
>> > +
>> > +static struct dmi_system_id __initdata intel_iommu_dmi_table[] = {
>> > +	{	/* Some DG33BU BIOS revisions advertised
>> > non-existent VT-d */
>> 
>> Are you sure it's non existent? A G33 chipset should have it in
>> hardware I thought.
>
> nope they don't/
> later ones and some other models do though, but not the G33

I see. But presumably that chipset will be in other motherboards
too and that BIOS bug might be also wider spread. So it would be still 
better to key off an PCI-ID or similar.

-Andi

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