From: "Michał Pecio" <michal.pecio@gmail.com>
To: <Mario_Limonciello@Dell.com>
Cc: <davem@davemloft.net>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<netdev@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>,
<anthony.wong@canonical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 RESEND] r8152: Add support for setting pass through MAC address on RTL8153-AD
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 08:23:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160713082358.487082a4@sauron> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5a304b784fe747aea4de6b69fb12a767@ausx13mpc124.AMER.DELL.COM>
> So in order to hit this hypothetical corner case today you would
> need to be using a real world type-C device something such as a
> Dell WD15 on another OEM's machine that has type-C and the exact
> same ACPI object name that does $BADSTUFF other than return a
> buffer.
Exactly what I meant.
> If that situation arises please alert me and I'll send a follow up
> patch that whitelists this to match DMI vendor of only Dell
> systems.
I'm not sure if it's the most responsible way to approach this problem.
There were cases of laptops bricking (as in - they would never power on
ever again) just because Linux made some bad BIOS/ACPI calls. Also, see
the famous Samsung UEFI NVRAM fiasco or the recent pains with EFIVARS.
Regards,
MP
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-13 6:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-12 0:58 [PATCH v6 RESEND] r8152: Add support for setting pass through MAC address on RTL8153-AD Mario Limonciello
2016-07-12 2:42 ` David Miller
2016-07-12 7:02 ` Michał Pecio
2016-07-12 15:04 ` Mario_Limonciello
2016-07-13 6:23 ` Michał Pecio [this message]
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