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. Thanks Yinghai ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
