Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:16:38 +0100 (BST) | From | "Maciej W. Rozycki" <> | Subject | Re: linux-next: Tree for June 13: IO APIC breakage on HP nx6325 |
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > Is the DMI ID *guaranteed* to be changed with an update to the DSDT? > > The BIOS version is, yes.
Good to know, thanks.
> > Anyway, you cannot imply from a given DMI ID a broken DSDT is present, so > > you will have to repeat the experience of adding another DMI ID whenever a > > user hits this broken DSDT with another piece of hardware. As long as you > > are able to pull this piece of information from that user, that is... > > These are the only two pieces of hardware ever reported to have this > problem. Nobody appears to have demonstrated it on any other HP systems, > and any non-HP systems would have a different identifier string. With > the SB400 being superceded, I don't expect us to see any more machines > with the same ID.
Fair enough. As I wrote, I'll send an update shortly.
Maciej
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