Re: [PATCH] firmware/dmi_scan: generalize for use by other archs

2013-11-27 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On 27 November 2013 13:22, Grant Likely wrote: > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Grant Likely > wrote: >> On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:07:23 +0100, Ard Biesheuvel >> wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> >>> Resending this patch to a slightly wider audience. >>> >>> The point of this patch is reworking the dmi

Re: [PATCH] firmware/dmi_scan: generalize for use by other archs

2013-11-27 Thread Grant Likely
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Grant Likely wrote: > On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:07:23 +0100, Ard Biesheuvel > wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Resending this patch to a slightly wider audience. >> >> The point of this patch is reworking the dmi_scan code slightly so it >> can be reused on ARM and arm64

Re: [PATCH] firmware/dmi_scan: generalize for use by other archs

2013-11-27 Thread Grant Likely
On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:07:23 +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > Hello all, > > Resending this patch to a slightly wider audience. > > The point of this patch is reworking the dmi_scan code slightly so it > can be reused on ARM and arm64. > There are no functional changes for x86 or IA-64, just one

Re: [PATCH] firmware/dmi_scan: generalize for use by other archs

2013-11-25 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
Hello all, Resending this patch to a slightly wider audience. The point of this patch is reworking the dmi_scan code slightly so it can be reused on ARM and arm64. There are no functional changes for x86 or IA-64, just one open question, i.e., whether the non-EFI fallback probe should be performe