Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Oct 2020 17:19:59 +0200 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] x86/platform/uv: Add and Decode Arch Type in UVsystab |
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On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 02:35:58PM -0700, Mike Travis wrote: > > > On 10/5/2020 2:21 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 03:39:22PM -0500, Mike Travis wrote: > > > A patch to add and process the UV Arch Type field in the UVsystab passed > > > from UV BIOS to the kernel. > > > > What does that mean? > > > > There have been recent cases where OEM's want to use the OEM_ID in the ACPI > tables to brand their own product. The UV BIOS used that field to tell the > Linux kernel which UV arch the running system is. The Arch Type in the > UVsystab (also created by UV BIOS) now carries that field in systems that > support it.
I am unclear on the whole patch passing from UV BIOS to the kernel. Are you talking about a kernel patch here? If so, commit ID is? Or what kind of patch are you talking about?
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