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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] coreboot: Add support for detecting Coreboot BIOS signatures
From: Jordan Crouse <jordan@cosmicpenguin.net>
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Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>, Ed Wildgoose <ed@wildgooses.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, linux-geode@lists.infradead.org, Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>, Nathan Williams <nathan@traverse.com.au>, Guy Ellis <guy@traverse.com.au>, Patrick Georgi <patrick.georgi@secunet.com>, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>, linux-mm@kvack.org

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Philip Prindeville
<philipp_subx@redfish-solutions.com> 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

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