On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Philip Prindeville <philipp_subx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 12/18/11 1:46 PM, David Woodhouse wrote: >> On Sun, 2011-12-18 at 13:46 -0700, Philip Prindeville wrote: >>> Add support for Coreboot BIOS detection. This in turn can be used by >>> platform drivers to verify they are running on the correct hardware, >>> as many of the low-volume SBC's (especially in the Atom and Geode >>> universe) don't always identify themselves via DMI or PCI-ID. >> It's Coreboot. So doesn't that mean we can just fix it to pass a >> device-tree to the kernel properly? >> >> Don't we only need this kind of hack for boards with crappy >> closed-source firmware? >> > > How about this: we upstream the patches and as soon as I have access to a Geode-based box using a device-tree capable version of Coreboot, I'll add support... > > BTW: the patches themselves seem to be stalled waiting on list-owner approval... I'll see if I can get them dislodged. > > -Philip I have long since forgotten the admin password and I really need to pass on the adminship to somebody else. Any takers? Jordan -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>