Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] apci: dump slit | From | Matt Keenan <> | Date | Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:41:56 +0100 |
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On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 23:30 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > 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? >
Harsh... but harsh.
Matt
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