On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:07:55 am Yinghai Lu wrote: > On 07/27/2010 08:34 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > > On Monday, July 26, 2010 03:48:02 pm Yinghai Lu wrote: > >> > >> after the commint that change ipmi_si detecting sequence from SMBIOS/ACPI > >> to ACPI/SMBIOS, > >> > >> | commit 754d453185275951d39792865927ec494fa1ebd8 > >> | Author: Matthew Garrett <[email protected]> > >> | Date: Wed May 26 14:43:47 2010 -0700 > >> | > >> | ipmi: change device discovery order > >> | > >> | The ipmi spec provides an ordering for si discovery. Change the > >> driver to > >> | match, with the exception of preferring smbios to SPMI as HPs (at > >> least) > >> | contain accurate information in the former but not the latter. > >> > >> ipmi_si can not be initialized. > > > > I think this patch makes sense, as long as this is not a bringup > > issue that only affects pre-release firmware. If this only affects > > a prototype, it would be better to change the firmware so it conforms > > to the conventional _CRS usage of systems in the field. > > > > To that end, I'd like to know what system this is, and whether IPMI > > works under Windows on this system. We know that Windows doesn't > > look at SMBIOS or SPMI, so if Windows works, it must be doing something > > similar to your patch. > > Sun Fire X4800. > > Yes. other OSes work and pass certification.
Please put this information in the changelog (if that wasn't obvious). Bjorn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Openipmi-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openipmi-developer
