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From: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@hp.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, ak@suse.de,
	openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net, akpm@osdl.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.15 1/2] ia64: use i386 dmi_scan.c
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:37:40 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060105173740.GA20650@lists.us.dell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200601050941.15915.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>

On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 09:41:15AM -0700, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> The DMI scan looks like it's done in try_init_smbios().  But
> try_init_acpi() is done first.  Since every ia64 machine has
> ACPI, I would think try_init_acpi() should be sufficient.
> 
> Or do you have a machine that doesn't supply the SPMI
> table used by try_init_acpi()?

This system (Dell PowerEdge 7250, very very similar to an Intel 4-way
Itanium2 server) doesn't have an SPMI table, but it does have the IPMI
information in the SMBIOS table.

-- 
Matt Domsch
Software Architect
Dell Linux Solutions linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux
Linux on Dell mailing lists @ http://lists.us.dell.com

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From: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@hp.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, ak@suse.de,
	openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net, akpm@osdl.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.15 1/2] ia64: use i386 dmi_scan.c
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 11:37:40 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060105173740.GA20650@lists.us.dell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200601050941.15915.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>

On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 09:41:15AM -0700, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> The DMI scan looks like it's done in try_init_smbios().  But
> try_init_acpi() is done first.  Since every ia64 machine has
> ACPI, I would think try_init_acpi() should be sufficient.
> 
> Or do you have a machine that doesn't supply the SPMI
> table used by try_init_acpi()?

This system (Dell PowerEdge 7250, very very similar to an Intel 4-way
Itanium2 server) doesn't have an SPMI table, but it does have the IPMI
information in the SMBIOS table.

-- 
Matt Domsch
Software Architect
Dell Linux Solutions linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux
Linux on Dell mailing lists @ http://lists.us.dell.com

  reply	other threads:[~2006-01-05 17:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-01-04 22:16 [PATCH 2.6.15 1/2] ia64: use i386 dmi_scan.c Matt Domsch
2006-01-04 22:16 ` Matt Domsch
2006-01-04 22:36 ` Alex Williamson
2006-01-04 22:36   ` Alex Williamson
2006-01-04 23:29   ` Matt Domsch
2006-01-04 23:29     ` Matt Domsch
2006-01-05 16:41     ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-05 16:41       ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-05 17:37       ` Matt Domsch [this message]
2006-01-05 17:37         ` Matt Domsch
2006-01-05 17:54         ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-05 17:54           ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-06  0:02           ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-06  0:02             ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-06 17:15             ` Matt Domsch
2006-01-06 17:15               ` Matt Domsch
2006-01-04 22:55 ` Alan Cox
2006-01-06 17:21 ` [PATCH 2.6.15] " Matt Domsch
2006-01-06 17:21   ` Matt Domsch
2006-01-06 19:03   ` Tolentino, Matthew E
2006-01-06 19:03     ` Tolentino, Matthew E
2006-01-06 22:36     ` Matt Domsch
2006-01-06 22:36       ` Matt Domsch
2006-01-06 22:39   ` Matt Domsch
2006-01-06 22:39     ` Matt Domsch
2006-01-14  0:24     ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-14  0:24       ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-14  0:45       ` Alan Cox
2006-01-14  1:19       ` Andi Kleen
2006-01-14  1:19         ` Andi Kleen
2006-01-14  5:05         ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-14  5:05           ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-18  0:17       ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-18  0:17         ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-18  2:32         ` Andi Kleen
2006-01-18  2:32           ` Andi Kleen
2006-01-18 15:53           ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-18 15:53             ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-18 17:29         ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-18 17:29           ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-18 18:11           ` [Openipmi-developer] " Matt Domsch
2006-01-18 18:11             ` Matt Domsch
2006-01-19 20:10             ` [PATCH 0/5] ia64 ioremap, DMI, EFI system table Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-19 20:10               ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-19 20:10               ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-19 20:12               ` [PATCH 1/5] EFI, /dev/mem: simplify efi_mem_attribute_range() Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-19 20:12                 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-19 20:12                 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-19 20:12               ` [PATCH 2/5] ia64: ioremap: check EFI for valid memory attributes Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-19 20:12                 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-19 20:12                 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-19 20:13               ` [PATCH 3/5] DMI: only ioremap stuff we actually need Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-19 20:13                 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-19 20:13               ` [PATCH 4/5] EFI: keep physical table addresses in efi structure Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-19 20:13                 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-19 20:14               ` [PATCH 5/5] ACPI: clean up memory attribute checking for map/read/write Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-19 20:14                 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-19 20:14                 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2006-01-30 17:11               ` [Openipmi-developer] [PATCH 0/5] ia64 ioremap, DMI, EFI system table Matt Domsch
2006-01-30 17:11                 ` Matt Domsch
2006-03-17 23:54     ` [PATCH 2.6.15] ia64: use i386 dmi_scan.c Andrew Morton
2006-03-17 23:54       ` Andrew Morton
2006-03-18 14:56       ` Matt Domsch
2006-03-18 14:56         ` Matt Domsch
2006-03-18 15:43         ` Matt Domsch
2006-03-18 15:43           ` Matt Domsch
2006-03-18 19:51           ` Andrew Morton
2006-03-18 19:51             ` Andrew Morton
2006-01-19 14:19   ` Tolentino, Matthew E
2006-01-19 14:19     ` Tolentino, Matthew E

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