2010-07-26 21:50:17

by Yinghai Lu

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Subject: [PATCH] ipmi: Fix ACPI detecting with regspacing


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.

[ 138.799739] calling init_ipmi_devintf+0x0/0x109 @ 1
[ 138.805050] ipmi device interface
[ 138.818131] initcall init_ipmi_devintf+0x0/0x109 returned 0 after 12797 usecs
[ 138.822998] calling init_ipmi_si+0x0/0xa90 @ 1
[ 138.840276] IPMI System Interface driver.
[ 138.846137] ipmi_si: probing via ACPI
[ 138.849225] ipmi_si 00:09: [io 0x0ca2] regsize 1 spacing 1 irq 0
[ 138.864438] ipmi_si: Adding ACPI-specified kcs state machine
[ 138.870893] ipmi_si: probing via SMBIOS
[ 138.880945] ipmi_si: Adding SMBIOS-specified kcs state machineipmi_si: duplicate interface
[ 138.896511] ipmi_si: probing via SPMI
[ 138.899861] ipmi_si: Adding SPMI-specified kcs state machineipmi_si: duplicate interface
[ 138.917095] ipmi_si: Trying ACPI-specified kcs state machine at i/o address 0xca2, slave address 0x0, irq 0
[ 138.928658] ipmi_si: Interface detection failed
[ 138.953411] initcall init_ipmi_si+0x0/0xa90 returned 0 after 110847 usecs

in smbios has
DMI/SMBIOS
Handle 0x00C5, DMI type 38, 18 bytes
IPMI Device Information
Interface Type: KCS (Keyboard Control Style)
Specification Version: 2.0
I2C Slave Address: 0x00
NV Storage Device: Not Present
Base Address: 0x0000000000000CA2 (I/O)
Register Spacing: 32-bit Boundaries
in DSDT has
Device (BMC)
{

Name (_HID, EisaId ("IPI0001"))
Method (_STA, 0, NotSerialized)
{
If (LEqual (OSN, Zero))
{
Return (Zero)
}

Return (0x0F)
}

Name (_STR, Unicode ("IPMI_KCS"))
Name (_UID, Zero)
Name (_CRS, ResourceTemplate ()
{
IO (Decode16,
0x0CA2, // Range Minimum
0x0CA2, // Range Maximum
0x00, // Alignment
0x01, // Length
)
IO (Decode16,
0x0CA6, // Range Minimum
0x0CA6, // Range Maximum
0x00, // Alignment
0x01, // Length
)
})
Method (_IFT, 0, NotSerialized)
{
Return (One)
}

Method (_SRV, 0, NotSerialized)
{
Return (0x0200)
}
}
so the reg spacing should be 4 instead of 1.

Try to calculate regspacing for this kind of system.

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <[email protected]>

---
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -2176,6 +2176,14 @@ static int __devinit ipmi_pnp_probe(stru
info->io.addr_data = res->start;

info->io.regspacing = DEFAULT_REGSPACING;
+ res = pnp_get_resource(dev,
+ (info->io.addr_type == IPMI_IO_ADDR_SPACE) ?
+ IORESOURCE_IO : IORESOURCE_MEM,
+ 1);
+ if (res) {
+ if (res->start > info->io.addr_data)
+ info->io.regspacing = res->start - info->io.addr_data;
+ }
info->io.regsize = DEFAULT_REGSPACING;
info->io.regshift = 0;


2010-07-26 21:57:50

by Matthew Garrett

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipmi: Fix ACPI detecting with regspacing

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 02:48:02PM -0700, 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.
>
> [ 138.799739] calling init_ipmi_devintf+0x0/0x109 @ 1
> [ 138.805050] ipmi device interface
> [ 138.818131] initcall init_ipmi_devintf+0x0/0x109 returned 0 after 12797 usecs
> [ 138.822998] calling init_ipmi_si+0x0/0xa90 @ 1
> [ 138.840276] IPMI System Interface driver.
> [ 138.846137] ipmi_si: probing via ACPI
> [ 138.849225] ipmi_si 00:09: [io 0x0ca2] regsize 1 spacing 1 irq 0
> [ 138.864438] ipmi_si: Adding ACPI-specified kcs state machine
> [ 138.870893] ipmi_si: probing via SMBIOS
> [ 138.880945] ipmi_si: Adding SMBIOS-specified kcs state machineipmi_si: duplicate interface
> [ 138.896511] ipmi_si: probing via SPMI
> [ 138.899861] ipmi_si: Adding SPMI-specified kcs state machineipmi_si: duplicate interface
> [ 138.917095] ipmi_si: Trying ACPI-specified kcs state machine at i/o address 0xca2, slave address 0x0, irq 0
> [ 138.928658] ipmi_si: Interface detection failed
> [ 138.953411] initcall init_ipmi_si+0x0/0xa90 returned 0 after 110847 usecs
>
> in smbios has
> DMI/SMBIOS
> Handle 0x00C5, DMI type 38, 18 bytes
> IPMI Device Information
> Interface Type: KCS (Keyboard Control Style)
> Specification Version: 2.0
> I2C Slave Address: 0x00
> NV Storage Device: Not Present
> Base Address: 0x0000000000000CA2 (I/O)
> Register Spacing: 32-bit Boundaries
> in DSDT has
> Device (BMC)
> {
>
> Name (_HID, EisaId ("IPI0001"))
> Method (_STA, 0, NotSerialized)
> {
> If (LEqual (OSN, Zero))
> {
> Return (Zero)
> }
>
> Return (0x0F)
> }
>
> Name (_STR, Unicode ("IPMI_KCS"))
> Name (_UID, Zero)
> Name (_CRS, ResourceTemplate ()
> {
> IO (Decode16,
> 0x0CA2, // Range Minimum
> 0x0CA2, // Range Maximum
> 0x00, // Alignment
> 0x01, // Length
> )
> IO (Decode16,
> 0x0CA6, // Range Minimum
> 0x0CA6, // Range Maximum
> 0x00, // Alignment
> 0x01, // Length
> )
> })
> Method (_IFT, 0, NotSerialized)
> {
> Return (One)
> }
>
> Method (_SRV, 0, NotSerialized)
> {
> Return (0x0200)
> }
> }
> so the reg spacing should be 4 instead of 1.
>
> Try to calculate regspacing for this kind of system.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Matthew Garrett <[email protected]>

--
Matthew Garrett | [email protected]

2010-07-27 15:35:05

by Bjorn Helgaas

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipmi: Fix ACPI detecting with regspacing

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.

Bjorn

> [ 138.799739] calling init_ipmi_devintf+0x0/0x109 @ 1
> [ 138.805050] ipmi device interface
> [ 138.818131] initcall init_ipmi_devintf+0x0/0x109 returned 0 after 12797 usecs
> [ 138.822998] calling init_ipmi_si+0x0/0xa90 @ 1
> [ 138.840276] IPMI System Interface driver.
> [ 138.846137] ipmi_si: probing via ACPI
> [ 138.849225] ipmi_si 00:09: [io 0x0ca2] regsize 1 spacing 1 irq 0
> [ 138.864438] ipmi_si: Adding ACPI-specified kcs state machine
> [ 138.870893] ipmi_si: probing via SMBIOS
> [ 138.880945] ipmi_si: Adding SMBIOS-specified kcs state machineipmi_si: duplicate interface
> [ 138.896511] ipmi_si: probing via SPMI
> [ 138.899861] ipmi_si: Adding SPMI-specified kcs state machineipmi_si: duplicate interface
> [ 138.917095] ipmi_si: Trying ACPI-specified kcs state machine at i/o address 0xca2, slave address 0x0, irq 0
> [ 138.928658] ipmi_si: Interface detection failed
> [ 138.953411] initcall init_ipmi_si+0x0/0xa90 returned 0 after 110847 usecs
>
> in smbios has
> DMI/SMBIOS
> Handle 0x00C5, DMI type 38, 18 bytes
> IPMI Device Information
> Interface Type: KCS (Keyboard Control Style)
> Specification Version: 2.0
> I2C Slave Address: 0x00
> NV Storage Device: Not Present
> Base Address: 0x0000000000000CA2 (I/O)
> Register Spacing: 32-bit Boundaries
> in DSDT has
> Device (BMC)
> {
>
> Name (_HID, EisaId ("IPI0001"))
> Method (_STA, 0, NotSerialized)
> {
> If (LEqual (OSN, Zero))
> {
> Return (Zero)
> }
>
> Return (0x0F)
> }
>
> Name (_STR, Unicode ("IPMI_KCS"))
> Name (_UID, Zero)
> Name (_CRS, ResourceTemplate ()
> {
> IO (Decode16,
> 0x0CA2, // Range Minimum
> 0x0CA2, // Range Maximum
> 0x00, // Alignment
> 0x01, // Length
> )
> IO (Decode16,
> 0x0CA6, // Range Minimum
> 0x0CA6, // Range Maximum
> 0x00, // Alignment
> 0x01, // Length
> )
> })
> Method (_IFT, 0, NotSerialized)
> {
> Return (One)
> }
>
> Method (_SRV, 0, NotSerialized)
> {
> Return (0x0200)
> }
> }
> so the reg spacing should be 4 instead of 1.
>
> Try to calculate regspacing for this kind of system.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <[email protected]>
>
> ---
> drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
> @@ -2176,6 +2176,14 @@ static int __devinit ipmi_pnp_probe(stru
> info->io.addr_data = res->start;
>
> info->io.regspacing = DEFAULT_REGSPACING;
> + res = pnp_get_resource(dev,
> + (info->io.addr_type == IPMI_IO_ADDR_SPACE) ?
> + IORESOURCE_IO : IORESOURCE_MEM,
> + 1);
> + if (res) {
> + if (res->start > info->io.addr_data)
> + info->io.regspacing = res->start - info->io.addr_data;
> + }
> info->io.regsize = DEFAULT_REGSPACING;
> info->io.regshift = 0;
>
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2010-07-27 17:08:45

by Yinghai Lu

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipmi: Fix ACPI detecting with regspacing

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

2010-07-27 17:24:05

by Bjorn Helgaas

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipmi: Fix ACPI detecting with regspacing

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).

Bjorn

2010-07-27 17:29:41

by Yinghai Lu

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipmi: Fix ACPI detecting with regspacing

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).
>

I don't want to mention other os.

Yinghai

2010-07-27 17:41:29

by Bjorn Helgaas

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipmi: Fix ACPI detecting with regspacing

On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:28:28 am Yinghai Lu wrote:
> 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).
>
> I don't want to mention other os.

Sigh. Why is this so difficult?

It's very useful to know which other OSes work and *how* they work.
If another OS (particularly a popular one like Windows) works, and we
know it's using the ACPI namespace, that tells us we need a change
like yours. If another OS works but is using SPMI, that tells us
nothing about whether we should make this change.

If no other OS uses the namespace, then we might be adding a Linux
change just to deal with a firmware defect on this machine, and that
sort of change could easily break other machines.

I don't think that's the case here; I think we *should* make the
change you're proposing. But it's just a good practice to be
diligent about documenting the reasons for the changes we make.

Bjorn

2010-07-28 19:23:21

by Andrew Morton

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipmi: Fix ACPI detecting with regspacing

On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:41:10 -0600
Bjorn Helgaas <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:28:28 am Yinghai Lu wrote:
> > 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).
> >
> > I don't want to mention other os.
>
> Sigh. Why is this so difficult?

It wasn't for me ;)

Do we have acks for 2.6.36 and a -stable backport on this patch?

2010-07-28 19:32:44

by Yinghai Lu

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipmi: Fix ACPI detecting with regspacing

On 07/28/2010 12:22 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:41:10 -0600
> Bjorn Helgaas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:28:28 am Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>> 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).
>>>
>>> I don't want to mention other os.
>>
>> Sigh. Why is this so difficult?
>
> It wasn't for me ;)
>
> Do we have acks for 2.6.36 and a -stable backport on this patch?

Matthew Garrett <[email protected]>
gave ack to it.

looks like Matthew's patch only get into 2.6.35.

So we need it for 2.6.35 and later.

Thanks

Yinghai