From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Chiang Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5][RFC] Physical PCI slot objects Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:24:11 -0700 Message-ID: <20071114212411.GB6575@ldl.fc.hp.com> References: <20071113000853.GA13341@ldl.fc.hp.com> <20071113202632.GA3227@kroah.com> <20071113145936.7e1c58fb.kristen.c.accardi@intel.com> <200711141037.09228.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> <20071114175317.GB14994@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from palrel11.hp.com ([156.153.255.246]:37827 "EHLO palrel11.hp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754102AbXKNVYN (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:24:13 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071114175317.GB14994@kroah.com> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Greg KH Cc: Bjorn Helgaas , linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, Kristen Carlson Accardi , gregkh@suse.de, lenb@kernel.org, matthew@wil.cx, rick.jones2@hp.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pcihpd-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi Greg, * Greg KH : > On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 10:37:08AM -0700, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > > > > So I agree that the firmware kit has a clever hack that works > > on much existing x86 firmware, and it sounds like Tivoli > > might even rely on it. But I don't feel good about it, and > > it could easily break when some BIOS writer needs to make > > _SUN slightly more complicated. > > Do you know of such BIOSes out there that do this? Will the > above scheme not work for the ia64 boxes that you know of that > are out in the world today? Talked to some of our ia64 firmware folks, and they confirmed that our future platforms will implement _SUN as a control method. Thanks. /ac