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From: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 22:36:52 +0000
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.15] ia64: use i386 dmi_scan.c
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To: "Tolentino, Matthew E" <matthew.e.tolentino@intel.com>
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On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 11:03:17AM -0800, Tolentino, Matthew E wrote:
> Matt Domsch <> wrote:
> > Enable DMI table parsing on ia64.
> ...
> > +#ifndef CONFIG_EFI
> > +void __init dmi_scan_machine(void)
> > +{
> >  	char __iomem *p, *q;
> > +	int rc;
> 
> Hi Matt,
> 
> You could potentially consolidate the two dmi_scan_machine functions
> and lose the ifdef (and duplication) by checking efi_enabled instead.  
> 'efi_enabled' is already ifdef'd in the EFI header (defined to 1 for 
> ia64) specifically for this situation.  

Good idea, patch to follow.

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Matt Domsch
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