Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] x86/platform/uv: Add and Decode Arch Type in UVsystab

2020-10-07 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 06:21:14PM -0700, Mike Travis wrote: > When the UV BIOS starts the kernel it passes the UVsystab info struct to the > kernel Oh wow, *now* I get it. There is no "patch" being passed - your initial commit message simply states that this is a patch to add and process...

Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] x86/platform/uv: Add and Decode Arch Type in UVsystab

2020-10-06 Thread Mike Travis
On 10/6/2020 8:19 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 02:35:58PM -0700, Mike Travis wrote: On 10/5/2020 2:21 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote: On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 03:39:22PM -0500, Mike Travis wrote: A patch to add and process the UV Arch Type field in the UVsystab passed

Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] x86/platform/uv: Add and Decode Arch Type in UVsystab

2020-10-06 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 02:35:58PM -0700, Mike Travis wrote: > > > On 10/5/2020 2:21 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 03:39:22PM -0500, Mike Travis wrote: > > > A patch to add and process the UV Arch Type field in the UVsystab passed > > > from UV BIOS to the kernel. > > >

Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] x86/platform/uv: Add and Decode Arch Type in UVsystab

2020-10-05 Thread Mike Travis
On 10/5/2020 2:21 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote: On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 03:39:22PM -0500, Mike Travis wrote: A patch to add and process the UV Arch Type field in the UVsystab passed from UV BIOS to the kernel. What does that mean? There have been recent cases where OEM's want to use the

Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] x86/platform/uv: Add and Decode Arch Type in UVsystab

2020-10-05 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 03:39:22PM -0500, Mike Travis wrote: > A patch to add and process the UV Arch Type field in the UVsystab passed > from UV BIOS to the kernel. What does that mean? -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette

[PATCH v4 06/13] x86/platform/uv: Add and Decode Arch Type in UVsystab

2020-10-05 Thread Mike Travis
A patch to add and process the UV Arch Type field in the UVsystab passed from UV BIOS to the kernel. This allows the system to be recognized without relying on the OEM_ID which OEMs want to change. Signed-off-by: Mike Travis Reviewed-by: Dimitri Sivanich Reviewed-by: Steve Wahl Reported-by: