linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] firmware: dmi_scan: Make it work in kexec'ed kernel

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Date:   Thu, 21 May 2020 18:59:08 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] firmware: dmi_scan: Make it work in kexec'ed kernel

On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 6:55 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 02:16:45PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 09:54:14PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > Until now DMI information is lost when kexec'ing. Fix this in the same way as
> > > it has been done for ACPI RSDP.
> > >
> > > Series has been tested on Galileo Gen2 where DMI is used by drivers, in
> > > particular the default I2C host speed is choosen based on DMI system
> > > information and now gets it correct.
> >
> > Guys, it was quite a long no hear from you.
> > Today I found that Microsoft Surface 3 also affected by this.
> >
> > Can we apply these patches for now until you will find better solution?
> >
> > P.S. I may resend them rebased on recent vanilla.
>
> Okay, since there is no reply I take it as confirmation that the problem exists
> and needs to be addressed.  So, I'll send a new version of the series with
> updated commit messages (to mention Surface 3 issue).

Ah, I found reply from Eric from Jan 21, this year. Somehow it's
slipped thru my eyes.
I'll read it carefully and react accordingly.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko