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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:22:23 -0700 From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> To: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com> Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>, Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, Myron Stowe <myron.stowe@...com>, openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipmi: Fix ACPI detecting with regspacing On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:41:10 -0600 Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com> wrote: > On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:28:28 am Yinghai Lu wrote: > > On 07/27/2010 10:23 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > > > On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:07:55 am Yinghai Lu wrote: > > >> On 07/27/2010 08:34 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > > >>> On Monday, July 26, 2010 03:48:02 pm Yinghai Lu wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> after the commint that change ipmi_si detecting sequence from SMBIOS/ACPI to ACPI/SMBIOS, > > >>>> > > >>>> | commit 754d453185275951d39792865927ec494fa1ebd8 > > >>>> | Author: Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com> > > >>>> | Date: Wed May 26 14:43:47 2010 -0700 > > >>>> | > > >>>> | ipmi: change device discovery order > > >>>> | > > >>>> | The ipmi spec provides an ordering for si discovery. Change the driver to > > >>>> | match, with the exception of preferring smbios to SPMI as HPs (at least) > > >>>> | contain accurate information in the former but not the latter. > > >>>> > > >>>> ipmi_si can not be initialized. > > >>> > > >>> I think this patch makes sense, as long as this is not a bringup > > >>> issue that only affects pre-release firmware. If this only affects > > >>> a prototype, it would be better to change the firmware so it conforms > > >>> to the conventional _CRS usage of systems in the field. > > >>> > > >>> To that end, I'd like to know what system this is, and whether IPMI > > >>> works under Windows on this system. We know that Windows doesn't > > >>> look at SMBIOS or SPMI, so if Windows works, it must be doing something > > >>> similar to your patch. > > >> > > >> Sun Fire X4800. > > >> > > >> Yes. other OSes work and pass certification. > > > > > > Please put this information in the changelog (if that wasn't obvious). > > > > I don't want to mention other os. > > Sigh. Why is this so difficult? It wasn't for me ;) Do we have acks for 2.6.36 and a -stable backport on this patch? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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