linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix DMI for EFI

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Date:	Wed, 4 Mar 2009 12:00:22 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Brian Maly <bmaly@...hat.com>
Cc:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	ying.huang@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix DMI for EFI


* Brian Maly <bmaly@...hat.com> wrote:

> New patch. Its easier I think to just move efi_init() earlier. Seems  
> less risky and less drawbacks.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Maly <bmaly@...hat>
>
>
> setup.c |    5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
>

> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c	2009-03-03 21:24:53.000000000 -0500
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c	2009-03-03 21:26:00.000000000 -0500
> @@ -770,6 +770,9 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
>  
>  	finish_e820_parsing();
>  
> +	if (efi_enabled)
> +		efi_init();
> +
>  	dmi_scan_machine();

Hm, could we ever find ourselves in the positition of having to 
access the DMI strings table in the EFI init code, to implement 
a quirk? I think that's quite plausible.

OTOH, with some DMI quirks in EFI tables it's a bit of a chicken 
and egg problem. Can DMI strings ever be outside of EFI tables 
on EFI systems?

	Ingo
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