linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/efi-bgrt: remove the check of the version field

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:28:41 +0800
From:   Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
To:     Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
Cc:     Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@...c.xyz>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/efi-bgrt: remove the check of the version field

On 08/18/16 at 09:41pm, Matt Fleming wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Aug, at 01:44:13PM, Dave Young wrote:
> > 
> > Could we add some quirk for these broken hardware instead of changing
> > the normal code?
> 
> I'd prefer not to do that if possible. Due to the way that the BIOS
> ecosystem works, this kind of broken firmware spreads across the
> industry, appearing in newer versions of products from the same vendor
> and even products from different vendors.
> 
> Continuously updating a quirks table as additional broken platforms
> are discovered simply does not scale.

Ok, I assumed that they are limited like one point in the web url
http://wiki.osdev.org/Broken_UEFI_implementations 

But I arm probably wrong like you said. Please ignore the comment then.

Thanks
Dave