Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:30:53 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] apci: dump slit |
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> 1.) what guarantees that we reach user space ?
Broken SLITs don't prevent booting.
> 2) If it is _valuable_ information which we can gather via kernel > output, then it is much more conveniant than asking the user to type > whatevercryptictoolcommandline and provide the output.
Yes excellent point. Should we dump the complete ACPI tables? Do you prefer hexdump or do we need a ASL disassembler? Also complete SMBIOS? Also the legacy mptables of course too. And all the EFI methods. Ideally a disassembly of the complete BIOS. Did I miss anything?
-Andi
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