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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/5][RFC] Physical PCI slot objects
Hi Greg,

* Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 10:37:08AM -0700, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> >
> > So I agree that the firmware kit has a clever hack that works
> > on much existing x86 firmware, and it sounds like Tivoli
> > might even rely on it. But I don't feel good about it, and
> > it could easily break when some BIOS writer needs to make
> > _SUN slightly more complicated.
>
> Do you know of such BIOSes out there that do this? Will the
> above scheme not work for the ia64 boxes that you know of that
> are out in the world today?

Talked to some of our ia64 firmware folks, and they confirmed
that our future platforms will implement _SUN as a control
method.

Thanks.

/ac

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