Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752533AbaBNSVP (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:21:15 -0500 Received: from www.linutronix.de ([62.245.132.108]:43684 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751946AbaBNSVO (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:21:14 -0500 Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 19:21:19 +0100 (CET) From: Thomas Gleixner To: "H. Peter Anvin" cc: Conrad Kostecki , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "x86@kernel.org" , "mingo@redhat.com" Subject: Re: AW: AW: [PATCH] x86: HPET force enable for Soekris net6501 In-Reply-To: <52FE5D91.6060005@zytor.com> Message-ID: References: <4729ad4b8d3342c1b0e29fefe4b04d6a@DB4PR04MB265.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com> <52FE5683.6030708@zytor.com> <52FE5BB6.9070405@zytor.com> <1051d374173243b2828efcd21f60ac36@DB4PR04MB265.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com> <52FE5D91.6060005@zytor.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Linutronix-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Linutronix-Spam-Level: - X-Linutronix-Spam-Status: No , -1.0 points, 5.0 required, ALL_TRUSTED=-1,SHORTCIRCUIT=-0.0001 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 14 Feb 2014, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 02/14/2014 10:13 AM, Conrad Kostecki wrote: > >> > >> Does it have DMI? > > > > Unfortunately not. > > > > # dmidecode 2.12 > > # No SMBIOS nor DMI entry point found, sorry. > > > > Sigh. Does anyone have contacts at Soekris who can complain about this > stuff? Well, lots of embedded stuff comes with a crippled BIOS. And there is often no way to get any BIOS fixes from the vendor through the subvendors and supplier chain. I wish we could just use devicetree for such cases and fix the crud ourself. Thanks, tglx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/