linux/arch/ia64
Matt Domsch 3ed3bce846 [PATCH] ia64: use i386 dmi_scan.c
Enable DMI table parsing on ia64.

Andi Kleen has a patch in his x86_64 tree which enables the use of i386
dmi_scan.c on x86_64.  dmi_scan.c functions are being used by the
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c driver for autodetecting the ports or
memory spaces where the IPMI controllers may be found.

This patch adds equivalent changes for ia64 as to what is in the x86_64
tree.  In addition, I reworked the DMI detection, such that on EFI-capable
systems, it uses the efi.smbios pointer to find the table, rather than
brute-force searching from 0xF0000.  On non-EFI systems, it continues the
brute-force search.

My test system, an Intel S870BN4 'Tiger4', aka Dell PowerEdge 7250, with
latest BIOS, does not list the IPMI controller in the ACPI namespace, nor
does it have an ACPI SPMI table.  Also note, currently shipping Dell x8xx
EM64T servers don't have these either, so DMI is the only method for
obtaining the address of the IPMI controller.

Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Acked-by: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-26 08:56:54 -08:00
..
configs [IA64] Increase max node count on SN platforms 2006-03-24 13:15:03 -08:00
dig [IA64] cleanup dig_irq_init 2006-03-24 13:12:46 -08:00
hp [PATCH] kill _INLINE_ 2006-03-23 07:38:16 -08:00
ia32 [PATCH] sys_alarm() unsigned signed conversion fixup 2006-03-25 08:22:48 -08:00
kernel [PATCH] ia64: use i386 dmi_scan.c 2006-03-26 08:56:54 -08:00
lib Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6 2005-10-28 21:09:26 -07:00
mm [IA64] add init declaration - nolwsys 2006-03-22 16:54:51 -08:00
oprofile [PATCH] remove gcc-2 checks 2006-01-08 20:14:02 -08:00
pci [IA64] Fix pcibios_setup 2006-02-27 15:37:41 -08:00
scripts Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
sn Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6 2006-03-25 08:49:25 -08:00
defconfig [IA64] Increase max node count on SN platforms 2006-03-24 13:15:03 -08:00
install.sh Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
Kconfig [PATCH] ia64: use i386 dmi_scan.c 2006-03-26 08:56:54 -08:00
Kconfig.debug [PATCH] Move Kprobes and Oprofile to "Instrumentation Support" menu 2005-11-07 07:53:35 -08:00
Makefile kbuild: change kbuild to not rely on incorrect GNU make behavior 2006-03-06 00:09:51 +01:00
module.lds Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00