Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] firmware: dmi_scan: Make it work in kexec'ed kernel
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Jan 20 2020 - 07:16:47 EST
On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 09:54:14PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Until now DMI information is lost when kexec'ing. Fix this in the same way as
> it has been done for ACPI RSDP.
>
> Series has been tested on Galileo Gen2 where DMI is used by drivers, in
> particular the default I2C host speed is choosen based on DMI system
> information and now gets it correct.
Guys, it was quite a long no hear from you.
Today I found that Microsoft Surface 3 also affected by this.
Can we apply these patches for now until you will find better solution?
P.S. I may resend them rebased on recent vanilla.
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko