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RE: [Xen-ia64-devel][GFW PATCH] Series of patches for open guest firmware --- SMBios table support[5/6]


  • To: "Tristan Gingold" <tgingold@xxxxxxx>
  • From: "Zhang, Xing Z" <xing.z.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:17:04 +0800
  • Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxx>, xen-ia64-devel <xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Delivery-date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:17:30 -0700
  • List-id: Discussion of the ia64 port of Xen <xen-ia64-devel.lists.xensource.com>
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  • Thread-topic: [Xen-ia64-devel][GFW PATCH] Series of patches for open guest firmware --- SMBios table support[5/6]

Really!? I doubt it. I think AllocateRuntimePool() will allcoate memory for 
runtime but not boot time.
I ever used "dmidecode" of linux and see the address of table is same as I 
allcoated

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tristan Gingold [mailto:tgingold@xxxxxxx] 
>Sent: 2007年8月26日 12:22
>To: Zhang, Xing Z
>Cc: tgingold@xxxxxxx; xen-ia64-devel; Alex Williamson
>Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel][GFW PATCH] Series of patches for 
>open guest firmware --- SMBios table support[5/6]
>
>On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 06:56:04PM +0800, Zhang, Xing Z wrote:
>> The main code is ported from smbios.c in IA32. I corrected 
>some info in
>> it for IPF, maybe something in it is not suitable for IPF 
>but I didn't
>> find issue in my test
>
>Hi,
>
>you can't create a table in the Bds module.  Its memory will be reclaim
>before the OS is booted.  Put your code into XenACPI as it is 
>a RT (runtime)
>module.
>
>
>Tristan.
>

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