linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/dmi: Switch dmi_remap to ioremap

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Date:   Thu, 9 Mar 2017 09:51:04 -0800
From:   Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Julian Brost <julian.brost@....de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>, x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        problems@....cs.fau.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/dmi: Switch dmi_remap to ioremap_cache

On 3/9/2017 9:48 AM, Julian Brost wrote:

> I'm note entirely sure whether it's actually the kernel or HP to blame,
> but for now, hp-health is completely broken on 4.9 (probably on
> everything starting from 4.6), so this patch should be reviewed again.

it looks like another kernel driver is doing a conflicting mapping.
do these HP tools come with their own kernel drivers or are those in the
upstream kernel nowadays?