Re: [PATCH] Remove EFI memmap quirk for UV2+

Ingo Molnar
2016-01-19T10:57:47Z

* Alex Thorlton <athorlton@sgi.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 09:41:58AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Alex Thorlton <athorlton@sgi.com> wrote:
> > Ok, this looks good to me and I'll apply it if it looks good to Matt as well.
>
> Cool! Thanks, Ingo.
>
> > Btw., can UV1 users fix this via a BIOS update?
>
> Unfortunately, no. This fix was put into UV2+ BIOS a while back, but we haven't
> spun a new UV1 BIOS for several years, and don't intend to release another
> version. This issue is likely going to follow UV1s to their grave :(

That's ok! We are responsible for past decisions/compromises/mistakes, as long as
the systems keep working, there's no problem with that.

Thanks,

Ingo