Re: [PATCH 2.6.15 1/2] ia64: use i386 dmi_scan.c

Alex Williamson
2006-01-04T22:36:09Z

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