Re: [PATCH] acpi, nfit: fix acpi_check_dsm() vs zero functions implemented
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams(a)intel.com> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Linda Knippers
<linda.knippers(a)hpe.com> 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?