linux-kernel - RE: memcpy_fromio in dmi

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Date:	Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:16:50 +0000
From:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
CC:	DuanZhenzhong <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>, "holt@....com" <holt@....com>
Subject: RE: memcpy_fromio in dmi_scan.c

> That being said, "my" SN2 machine was previously running kernel 3.0.34
> which has the old dmi_scan code and it also said "DMI not present or
> invalid." Plus dmidecode fails on this machine with:
>
> /sys/firmware/efi/systab: SMBIOS entry point missing
>
> So it might as well be that DMI support on SN2 was already broken.
> Please let me know your findings on other SN2 machines.

I don't have an sn2 to test. Added Robin Holt to Cc list

-Tony