On 07/27/2010 10:23 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > 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). >
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