From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Taku Izumi Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI: add DMI info to enable OSI(Linux) on PRIMEQUEST Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 16:56:05 +0900 Message-ID: <483A6D15.6030701@jp.fujitsu.com> References: <4816F9B9.3090609@jp.fujitsu.com> <4836660B.3080406@jp.fujitsu.com> <483667A4.9000606@jp.fujitsu.com> <20080525114308.GA5237@ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from fgwmail5.fujitsu.co.jp ([192.51.44.35]:38165 "EHLO fgwmail5.fujitsu.co.jp" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751368AbYEZH63 (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 May 2008 03:58:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20080525114308.GA5237@ucw.cz> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Pavel Machek Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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