From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 17:47:34 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] arm64: dmi: Add SMBIOS/DMI support In-Reply-To: References: <1406810830-6099-1-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> <20140731130157.GQ26853@arm.com> Message-ID: <20140919164734.GK20773@arm.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 11:14:24PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > On 31 July 2014 06:01, Will Deacon wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 01:48:36PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > >> On 31 July 2014 14:47, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > >> > From: Yi Li > >> > > >> > SMbios is important for server hardware vendors. It implements a spec for > >> > providing descriptive information about the platform. Things like serial > >> > numbers, physical layout of the ports, build configuration data, and the like. > >> > > >> > This has been tested by dmidecode and lshw tools. > >> > > >> > Signed-off-by: Yi Li > >> > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel > >> > --- > >> > > >> > It turns out that efi_lookup_mapped_addr() is not appropriate after all for > >> > remapping the address of the SMBIOS tables. The reason is that the UEFI spec > >> > forbids virtual mappings being requested for configuration tables (which is not > >> > currently honored by Tianocore/EDK2) > >> > > >> > >> @Yi: could you retest yet again, please? > >> > >> @Will; this superseded the patch that is already queued up in > >> for-next/core, so perhaps you could drop that while we get this > >> tested? > > > > Reverted. I'd really appreciate help testing this stuff in future -- it was > > a pig getting it going on the foundation model and the whole setup felt > > rather contrived. > > > > Anyway, thanks for letting me know. > > > > Hi Will, > > Are you ok to take this patch now, for 3.18? Surely, we could get it > tested today or tomorrow if you would still like do it yourself? Yi > has tested it on a recent RC so we could ask him to demonstrate if for > us. Any chance you could resend the fixed patch, please? Catalin's dealing with the 3.18 tree, so he should be able to apply it then. Will