Re: [OHCI] BIOS handoff failed (BIOS bug?)

thockin
2006-12-01T23:33:07Z

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