Re: [PATCH] acpi, nfit: fix acpi_check_dsm() vs zero functions implemented

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On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 01:01:16PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Linda Knippers <linda.knippers@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> On 7/19/2016 1:11 PM, Jerry Hoemann wrote:
>> [..]
>> >>> As nfit_mem->family always equals NVDIMM_FAMILY_INTEL, no subsequent
>> >>> DSM call will succeed for NVDIMM_FAMILY_HPE1 or any other
>> >>> family.
>> >>>
>> >>> I don't have a fix as of yet, but wanted to make you aware of
>> >>> the problem.
>> >>
>> >> Could we try the all known UUIDs looking for one that returns a non-zero
>> >> value?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Yes, that seems like the way forward, and also make not finding a DSM
>> > family non-fatal.
>>
>> Actually, all we need is that last bit...  Jerry, Xiao, can you try
>> the attached patch on top for v4.7-rc6 to see if it works in both HPe
>> and QEMU 2.6 environments respectively?
>
> Dan,
>
> I applied this patch on top of the SLES 12 sp2 kernel I was testing
> with last night.
>
> The proposed patch below works for HPE nvdimms.

Thanks Jerry, I'll add your Tested-by and push it for v4.7-final after
Xiao has a chance to confirm.
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