From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933110AbcASK5r (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jan 2016 05:57:47 -0500 Received: from mail-wm0-f65.google.com ([74.125.82.65]:34917 "EHLO mail-wm0-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932700AbcASK5q (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jan 2016 05:57:46 -0500 Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 11:57:41 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Alex Thorlton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" , x86@kernel.org, Matt Fleming , Dimitri Sivanich , Hedi Berriche , Mike Travis , Len Brown , linux-efi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove EFI memmap quirk for UV2+ Message-ID: <20160119105741.GA9122@gmail.com> References: <1449867585-189233-1-git-send-email-athorlton@sgi.com> <1449867585-189233-2-git-send-email-athorlton@sgi.com> <20151214084157.GB28073@gmail.com> <20151214182053.GL164416@stormcage.americas.sgi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20151214182053.GL164416@stormcage.americas.sgi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Alex Thorlton wrote: > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 09:41:58AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Alex Thorlton 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