Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:55:20 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: alternative identifier for Phoenix BIOS |
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Philipp Kohlbecher wrote: > My laptop (a Samsung X20) contains a Phoenix BIOS and would benefit from > patch 1e22436eba84edfec9c25e5a25d09062c4f91ca9 (x86: reserve low 64K on > AMI and Phoenix BIOS boxen). > > However, according to /sys/class/dmi/id/bios_vendor, the BIOS identifies > its vendor as "Phoenix Technologies LTD" (sans the comma).
Given that AMI and Phoenix combined is something like 80% of the BIOS market, if not more, it might simply be easier to make it unconditional, or make it a whitelist instead.
-hpa
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