Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:29:44 -0600 | From | Matt Domsch <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.15 1/2] ia64: use i386 dmi_scan.c |
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On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 03:36:03PM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 16:16 -0600, Matt Domsch wrote: > > Andi Kleen has a patch in his x86_64 tree which enables the use of > > i386 dmi_scan.c on x86_64. dmi_scan.c functions are being used by the > > drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c driver for autodetecting the ports or > > memory spaces where the IPMI controllers may be found. > > Can't this be done via ACPI/EFI? I'm really opposed to adding > anything to ia64 that blindly picks memory ranges and starts scanning > for magic legacy tables. If nothing else, this can be found via > efi.smbios. Thanks,
I'll redo this to use efi.smbios. Thanks for the tip.
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