Re: [PATCH 2.4] dmi_ident made public

[Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>]

> > Here is a simple patch for the 2.4 kernel series that makes
> > dmi_ident (as defined in arch/i386/kernel/dmi_scan.c) public.
> 
> The dmi scanner is __init, its gone after boot. The DMI tables on some
> platforms may also have gone. What you actually want I suspect is a
> way to register multiple DMI tables for boot time scanning to set
> further flags in the dmi properties post scan.

I never intended to call any function in dmi_scan from outside. I know
this stuff is __init, and what would be the point in rescanning the same
table again anyway? No, what I want is to make dmi_ident, which is the
array containing the results of the dmi scan, to be available to
everyone. Take a look at the previously sent patch, I think it's quite
straightforward.

I'm not sure I understand well what you mean with "register multible DMI
tables", so it's probably not what I want ;)

Let me know if I really missed something.

-- 
Jean Delvare
http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/