On 11/13/2013 03:57 PM, jerry.hoemann@xxxxxx wrote: > > I think i can go to a date based black list, that removes the manual > step. System running firmware before certain date assumes we need > to do the work around. If firmware is newer than that date, we don't > use the workaround. Blacklist overrides and allows current behavior > for new firmware that is subsequently found to be broken and for > which we can't convenience the manufacturer to fix. > No, we can't, at least not for now. We are continually finding new platforms with the bug. > > I will still point out that as currently used, efi_reserve_boot_services > is wrong. A work around for firmware bugs on one platform shouldn't be > breaking platforms that don't have that bug. Its just much less likely > to cause problems with higher crash kernel allocation. > It is wrong, yes, but it seems like a ubiquitous problem. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
