From: Jordan Crouse <jordan@cosmicpenguin.net>
To: Philip Prindeville <philipp_subx@redfish-solutions.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
Ed Wildgoose <ed@wildgooses.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-geode@lists.infradead.org,
Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>,
Nathan Williams <nathan@traverse.com.au>,
Guy Ellis <guy@traverse.com.au>,
Patrick Georgi <patrick.georgi@secunet.com>,
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] coreboot: Add support for detecting Coreboot BIOS signatures
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:32:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKipaEoN_uCLza7U10kL0JzWSecpw5odfHaEWsG_fXMUCZ1NQA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4EEFA861.2050807@redfish-solutions.com>
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Philip Prindeville
<philipp_subx@redfish-solutions.com> wrote:
> On 12/18/11 1:46 PM, David Woodhouse wrote:
>> On Sun, 2011-12-18 at 13:46 -0700, Philip Prindeville wrote:
>>> Add support for Coreboot BIOS detection. This in turn can be used by
>>> platform drivers to verify they are running on the correct hardware,
>>> as many of the low-volume SBC's (especially in the Atom and Geode
>>> universe) don't always identify themselves via DMI or PCI-ID.
>> It's Coreboot. So doesn't that mean we can just fix it to pass a
>> device-tree to the kernel properly?
>>
>> Don't we only need this kind of hack for boards with crappy
>> closed-source firmware?
>>
>
> How about this: we upstream the patches and as soon as I have access to a Geode-based box using a device-tree capable version of Coreboot, I'll add support...
>
> BTW: the patches themselves seem to be stalled waiting on list-owner approval... I'll see if I can get them dislodged.
>
> -Philip
I have long since forgotten the admin password and I really need to
pass on the adminship to somebody else. Any
takers?
Jordan
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-18 20:46 [PATCH 2/4] coreboot: Add support for detecting Coreboot BIOS signatures Philip Prindeville
2011-12-18 21:46 ` David Woodhouse
2011-12-18 21:56 ` Philip Prindeville
2011-12-19 21:10 ` Philip Prindeville
2011-12-21 17:32 ` Jordan Crouse [this message]
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2011-12-28 19:42 Philip Prindeville
2011-12-18 19:23 Philip Prindeville
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