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

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Message-ID: <20090304180255.GC1537@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 4 Mar 2009 19:02:55 +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:

>> Your patch looks fine, but i'd like to hear the opinion of 
>> Ying Huang as well.
>
> 	
> I had asked him to look at this before I posted and he had no 
> objections. He may have an opinion on moving dmi scan into 
> efi_init, though this can certainly be done later if and when 
> needed.

No, i think your patch is fine as-is - moving the dmi scan to 
EFI init just makes EFI bootstrap a bit less standard - hence a 
bit more fragile - and that's never good.

Since your patch fixes real issues on Apple hardware i also 
queued it up in tip:x86/urgent for .29-rc8.

	Ingo
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