I tested ibm_rtl on an IBM machine that is supported by this driver in
Legacy BIOS mode, but which was running in UEFI mode and the system
complained about remapping the EBDA because the EBDA should not have
been there to start with. This patch fixes that:
--Vernon
ibm_rtl: _RTL_ is not available in UEFI mode
Some of the IBM servers that are supported by ibm_rtl
can run in both Legacy mode (BIOS) and in UEFI mode.
When running in UEFI mode, it is possible that the
EBDA table exists but cannot be mapped and reports
errors. We need to make sure that by default we don't
try to probe the machines if they are running in UEFI
mode.
Signed-off-by: Vernon Mauery <[email protected]>
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/ibm_rtl.c b/drivers/platform/x86/ibm_rtl.c
index c5a0061..3cff0e5 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/ibm_rtl.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/ibm_rtl.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
#include <linux/io.h>
#include <linux/sysdev.h>
#include <linux/dmi.h>
+#include <linux/efi.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <asm/bios_ebda.h>
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ static int __init ibm_rtl_init(void) {
if (force)
pr_warning("ibm-rtl: module loaded by force\n");
/* first ensure that we are running on IBM HW */
- else if (!dmi_check_system(ibm_rtl_dmi_table))
+ else if (efi_enabled || !dmi_check_system(ibm_rtl_dmi_table))
return -ENODEV;
/* Get the address for the Extended BIOS Data Area */
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