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Subject: Re: [PATCH] dell-smm-hwmon: Cache fan_type() calls and use
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On Monday 13 June 2016 19:02:14 Guenter Roeck wrote:
> >And second question: how to fix second bug? I see only one option:
> >Create machine blacklist with broken Dell SMM firmware and disallow
> >calling I8K_SMM_GET_FAN_TYPE for them.
> >
> Or maybe a whitelist with known working systems ?
> 
> Guenter

Smaller list is better, so I will try to collect blacklist and if it
will be big we can use whitelist.

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Pali Rohár
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