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From: thockin@hockin.org
To: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>
Cc: Sebastian Kemper <sebastian_ml@gmx.net>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [OHCI] BIOS handoff failed (BIOS bug?)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 15:32:47 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061201233247.GA27014@hockin.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061201152922.93cc59a4.zaitcev@redhat.com>

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 03:29:22PM -0800, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 15:23:39 -0800, thockin@hockin.org wrote:
> 
> > BIOS handoff assumes an SMI, right?  Could SMI be masked?
> 
> That might be a bad idea, because things like fans may be controlled
> by SMM BIOS. The best thing we can do is to follow the published
> procedure, and maybe insert a workaround if Sebastian can identify it.

Sorry, I don't mean "could we mask it" but rather "is it possible that it
is already masked"?

Tim

  reply	other threads:[~2006-12-01 23:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-12-01 13:03 [OHCI] BIOS handoff failed (BIOS bug?) Sebastian Kemper
2006-12-01 18:28 ` Sebastian Kemper
2006-12-01 23:02   ` Pete Zaitcev
2006-12-01 23:23     ` thockin
2006-12-01 23:29       ` Pete Zaitcev
2006-12-01 23:32         ` thockin [this message]
2006-12-02  7:15           ` Sebastian Kemper

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