Re: [PATCH v2] x86: more general identifier for Phoenix BIOS

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Philipp Kohlbecher <xt28@gmx.de> wrote:

> Phoenix BIOSes variously identify their vendor as "Phoenix Technologies,  
> LTD" or "Phoenix Technologies LTD" (without the comma.)
>
> This patch makes the identification string in the bad_bios_dmi_table  
> more general (following a suggestion by Ingo Molnar), so that both  
> versions are handled.
>
> Again, the patched file compiles cleanly and the patch has been tested  
> successfully on my machine.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Kohlbecher <xt28@gmx.de>

applied to tip/x86/urgent, thanks Philipp!

I also tagged it for -stable backporting.

>> Note that we should do a simpler patch: just change the string to 
>> "Phoenix Technologies" and that will provide a proper match. (DMI 
>> matches work on substrings too)
>
> Done. (I wasn't sure whether you were saying that *I* should write 
> this simpler patch or that you would. Anyway, here it is.)

yeah, developers/users writing patches is always the preferred 
solution! It's the vector that spreads Linux development to new areas 
and new people.

	Ingo