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SubjectRe: 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


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