From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757883AbYILVpm (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:45:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757245AbYILVpN (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:45:13 -0400 Received: from doppler.zen.co.uk ([212.23.3.27]:42552 "EHLO doppler.zen.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757089AbYILVpL (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:45:11 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] apci: dump slit From: Matt Keenan To: Andi Kleen Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Yinghai Lu , Andrew Morton , mingo@elte.hu, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20080912213053.GR7714@one.firstfloor.org> References: <1221243468-8016-1-git-send-email-yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> <20080912122031.eca8723e.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <86802c440809121229i14727af4nd1416044b06ebb94@mail.gmail.com> <878wtxrrwh.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <20080912213053.GR7714@one.firstfloor.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:41:56 +0100 Message-Id: <1221255716.11711.42.camel@bazbox> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-Smarthost03-IP: [82.69.27.224] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 23:30 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > 1.) what guarantees that we reach user space ? > > Broken SLITs don't prevent booting. > > > 2) If it is _valuable_ information which we can gather via kernel > > output, then it is much more conveniant than asking the user to type > > whatevercryptictoolcommandline and provide the output. > > Yes excellent point. Should we dump the complete ACPI tables? > Do you prefer hexdump or do we need a ASL disassembler? > Also complete SMBIOS? Also the legacy mptables of course too. > And all the EFI methods. Ideally a disassembly of the complete BIOS. > Did I miss anything? > Harsh... but harsh. Matt