Re: [PATCH] [arch-x86] Allow SRAT integrity check to be skipped

H. Peter Anvin
2010-09-08T18:04:21Z

On 09/07/2010 11:55 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes:
>>
>> If this is a production BIOS it should have this information.
>
> The point was -- it wasn't a production BIOS and the production
> BIOS will be fixed.
>

>From the original description:

This patch adds a boot parameter to allow a kernel to be booted
with the option to skip the SRAT check. There are BIOSes in
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
production that have these failures, so this will allow people
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
in the field to work around these BIOS issues.

Agreed that command-line option is a good thing to have in general and
that it is not necessary to have DMI quirks for preproduction BIOSes.

-hpa

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