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From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@hp.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 22:36:03 +0000
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.15 1/2] ia64: use i386 dmi_scan.c
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To: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
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On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 16:16 -0600, Matt Domsch wrote:
> Andi Kleen has a patch in his x86_64 tree which enables the use of
> i386 dmi_scan.c on x86_64.  dmi_scan.c functions are being used by the
> drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c driver for autodetecting the ports or
> memory spaces where the IPMI controllers may be found.

   Can't this be done via ACPI/EFI?  I'm really opposed to adding
anything to ia64 that blindly picks memory ranges and starts scanning
for magic legacy tables.  If nothing else, this can be found via
efi.smbios.  Thanks,

	Alex