Re: [PATCH 0/5][RFC] Physical PCI slot objects

Greg KH
2007-11-14T22:03:41Z

On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 02:42:21PM -0700, Alex Chiang wrote:
> * Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>:
> > On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 10:37:08AM -0700, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > >
> > > So I agree that the firmware kit has a clever hack that works
> > > on much existing x86 firmware, and it sounds like Tivoli
> > > might even rely on it. But I don't feel good about it, and
> > > it could easily break when some BIOS writer needs to make
> > > _SUN slightly more complicated.
> >
> > Do you know of such BIOSes out there that do this? Will the
> > above scheme not work for the ia64 boxes that you know of that
> > are out in the world today?
>
> One last mail on this subject -- Bjorn has pointed out to me that
> the Dell pe6800 and rez1850 both implement _SUN as control
> methods today.

Does the firmware kit break on them?

> Does Tivoli run on those machines? If so, how is it getting slot
> information?

I have no idea, I don't work for them :)

good luck,

greg k-h