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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: Thomas Jourdan <tjourdan@interfaceconcept.com>
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Subject: Re: [BUG] dmi_scan_machine uses uninitialized address on x86 / EFI
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Thomas Jourdan wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On x86/EFI platforms, if efi_enabled is true, the dmi_scan_machine function
> fails, even if valid DMI table is present. In the setup_arch function,
> efi_init is called after dmi_scan_machine. But this is efi_init which will
> initialize the smbios address, needed by dmi_scan_machine.
> 
> This leads to dmi_scan_machine ioremapping physical address 0, instead of
> the address provided by the EFI system table. The following patch fixes the
> problem.
> 

Hi Thomas,

Could you please resend both this patch and the phys_efi_get_time patch 
with a Signed-off-by: line so I can apply them?

Thanks,

	-hpa