Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI: add DMI info to enable OSI(Linux) on PRIMEQUEST

Taku Izumi
2008-05-26T07:58:29Z

Thank you for your response.

>> This patch adds DMI info to enable OSI(Linux) on
>> PRIMEQUEST.
>> (PRIMEQUEST is ia64 machine.)
>
> Why is it needed? Why needs your bios know whether it is Linux or BSD
> or whatver running?

For memory hotplug support.
Memory hotplug doesn't work on PRIMEQUEST when OSI(Linux) is disabled.

Best regards,
Taku Izumi <izumi.taku@jp.fujitsu.com>