linux-kernel - Re: Re-add ibft tree to linux-next please

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Message-ID: <4F1580DE.1060002@kernel.org>
Date:	Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:08:30 -0500
From:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@...nok.org>
CC:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@...nel.org>,
	"Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	sfr@...b.auug.org.au, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pjones@...hat.com
Subject: Re: Re-add ibft tree to linux-next please


> The trick is that we also have to retain the code functionality if
> "# CONFIG_ACPI is not set" to scan the memory for the iBFT. That part
> should definitly _not_ be moved to drivers/acpi. It could be moved to
> arch/x86/ .. but it could also stay in drivers/firmware. <shrugs>


Are there really hardware/firmware configurations that support IBFT
and do not support ACPI?

If yes, do they require an OS that has CONFIG_ACPI=n?
Or would finding the table with CONFIG_ACPI=y and acpi_disabled=1
be sufficient?

-Len

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