linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmi_check_system can generate Warnings when no DMI table is present

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Message-ID: <4AE19867.5070705@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:49:59 +0200
From:	Erwan Velu <erwanaliasr1@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmi_check_system can generate Warnings when no DMI table
 is present

Ingo Molnar a écrit :
> Looks like a Xen bug. DMI matching functions should be called after that 
> code has initialized. The warning was added to catch such early calls.
>
> Your patch works around that bug and the warning.
>   
So I think you'll drop it and we have to make xen people fix it ?
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