Re: [PATCH] fix DMI for EFI

[Brian Maly]

Updated patch. Might be good for someone who runs VMware to verify things still work though.
Looks right now I think.


Brian


> This init_hypervisor comment looks important, no? Possibly it needs
> to be moved after the new placement? Doesn't look like the probe_roms
> will be an issue.

> regards, Kyle

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c	2009-02-08 15:37:27.000000000 -0500
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c	2009-03-01 02:27:45.000000000 -0500
@@ -770,16 +770,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	finish_e820_parsing();
 
-	dmi_scan_machine();
-
-	dmi_check_system(bad_bios_dmi_table);
-
-	/*
-	 * VMware detection requires dmi to be available, so this
-	 * needs to be done after dmi_scan_machine, for the BP.
-	 */
-	init_hypervisor(&boot_cpu_data);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 	probe_roms();
 #endif
@@ -792,6 +782,16 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	if (efi_enabled)
 		efi_init();
 
+	dmi_scan_machine();
+	
+	dmi_check_system(bad_bios_dmi_table);
+
+	/*
+	 * VMware detection requires dmi to be available, so this
+	 * needs to be done after dmi_scan_machine, for the BP.
+	 */
+	init_hypervisor(&boot_cpu_data);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 	if (ppro_with_ram_bug()) {
 		e820_update_range(0x70000000ULL, 0x40000ULL, E820_RAM,