On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:15:42 +0200 Thomas Renninger <trenn@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Backtrace/WARN() at these places does not help. > DMAR is not essential and the system can be booted with DMAR > disabled (in BIOS or kernel) and dmi info can be obtained then. > > Use PREFIX for "DMAR:" > Use FW_BUG to mark BIOS bugs. > > References: Compare with dmesg of: > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15665 > There the wrong dmar table is handled gracefully. > A printk/warning for the BIOS writers is still a good idea, > the machine should not provide any dmar table. > DMAR & IOMMU patches should go to dwmw2; but I think he's already commented on similar patches. The warnings etc have been helpful in the past. -- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
