Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:27:20 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86/mrst: add SFI platform device parsing code |
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> > There should be no variations and the nature of the platform means > > that might even work out. I don't really want to add it to the > > table unless we have lots needing DMI data. Right now we don't and > > there are multiple platform implementations in existence. > > What is it about this platform that is going to restrict the problem?
The sort of people who will be using it and how,
> Code which makes this sort of assumption about knowing the platforms > that the device will be deployed on well is relatively common but the > usual result is that OEMs want to change the reference platforms and > the assumptions that the code has been making about the systems and > about how people will work with the code break down.
There are non reference platforms in existence without the problem you envisage having occurred. So I think we'll worry about it if it happens but knowing that with DMI we have the tools to deal with this.
Alan
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