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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/5][RFC] Physical PCI slot objects
    * 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?

    One last mail on this subject -- Bjorn has pointed out to me that
    the Dell pe6800 and rez1850 both implement _SUN as control
    methods today.

    Does Tivoli run on those machines? If so, how is it getting slot
    information?

    Thanks.

    /ac

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