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From: Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: binary garbage in dmesg/boot messages (2.2.18pre23)
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 06:58:53 -0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001123065853.B23839@plato.local.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20001123054644.A23839@plato.local.lan> <E13yyLo-0007TS-00@the-village.bc.nu>
In-Reply-To: <E13yyLo-0007TS-00@the-village.bc.nu>; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 03:31:51PM +0000

On Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 03:31:51PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Board Name: Agate.
> > Board Version: AA662195-305.
> 
> So far so good
> 
> > BIOS Vendor: f.=A3^]<94>fA=E8^D.=A3ESC<94>^N^_
> 
> This looks like the table end markers are missing or the length was wrong.
> If you change
> 
> static int __init dmi_table(u32 base, int len, int num, void (*decode)(struct d
> {	 
> 		char *buf;
> 	struct dmi_header *dm;   
> 	u8 *data;
> 	int i=0;
> 
> in arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c to use
> 
> 	int i=1;
> 
> does it then behave nicely ?
> 

yes sure does, thanks!

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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      reply	other threads:[~2000-11-23 16:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-11-23 14:46 binary garbage in dmesg/boot messages (2.2.18pre23) Ethan Benson
2000-11-23 15:31 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-23 15:58   ` Ethan Benson [this message]

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