Re: [PATCH] apci: dump slit

Andi Kleen
2008-09-12T21:27:09Z

> 1.) what guarantees that we reach user space ?

Broken SLITs don't prevent booting.

> 2) If it is _valuable_ information which we can gather via kernel
> output, then it is much more conveniant than asking the user to type
> whatevercryptictoolcommandline and provide the output.

Yes excellent point. Should we dump the complete ACPI tables?
Do you prefer hexdump or do we need a ASL disassembler?
Also complete SMBIOS? Also the legacy mptables of course too.
And all the EFI methods. Ideally a disassembly of the complete BIOS.
Did I miss anything?

-Andi