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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:52:15 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> To: Michael D Labriola <mlabriol@...b.com> CC: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Kushal Koolwal <kushalkoolwal@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, michael.d.labriola@...il.com, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>, support@...salogic.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, reboot: skip DMI checks if reboot set by user On 01/19/2012 09:46 AM, Michael D Labriola wrote: > > Random question... why do we have a reboot_init function that does DMI > checking with reboot_dmi_table (callbacks are mostly set_bios_reboot, but > there is a single set_kbd_reboot) and also a pci_reboot_init which does > the DMI check again using a separate pci_reboot_dmi_table (all callbacks > are to set_pci_reboot)? > > Wouldn't it make more sense to do a single DMI scan using one big table? > Yes, and such a patch would be appreciated. The reason it is as it is dates back to before the 32-64 bit unification, as far as I know. (BIOS reboot is currently not supported on 64 bits, mainly.) -hpa -- 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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