Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.15] ia64: use i386 dmi_scan.c | Date | Sat, 14 Jan 2006 02:19:39 +0100 |
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On Saturday 14 January 2006 01:24, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > On Friday 06 January 2006 15:39, Matt Domsch wrote: > > diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig > > ... > > +config DMI > > + bool > > + default y > > Should we have a way to turn this off?
At least on i386/x86-64 it is largely used for hardware/firmware bug workaround and these have been traditionally always compiled in
Or do you want to spend a lot of time on a bug report from a user only to discover they didn't enable the workarounds for their particular platform?
You might not need that right now but I can predict that at some point you'll need board specific workarounds - and then it will be very useful to have.
> > > diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile > > ... > > +dmi_scan-y += ../../i386/kernel/dmi_scan.o > > Ugh. I really hate this sort of sharing. Could dmi_scan.c go in > drivers/firmware/ or something instead?
Well, i suppose it will be more common in the future. Perhaps get over that particular hatered?
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