Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 14 Feb 2014 19:21:19 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: AW: AW: [PATCH] x86: HPET force enable for Soekris net6501 |
| |
On Fri, 14 Feb 2014, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 02/14/2014 10:13 AM, Conrad Kostecki wrote: > >> > >> Does it have DMI? > > > > Unfortunately not. > > > > # dmidecode 2.12 > > # No SMBIOS nor DMI entry point found, sorry. > > > > Sigh. Does anyone have contacts at Soekris who can complain about this > stuff?
Well, lots of embedded stuff comes with a crippled BIOS. And there is often no way to get any BIOS fixes from the vendor through the subvendors and supplier chain.
I wish we could just use devicetree for such cases and fix the crud ourself.
Thanks,
tglx
|  |