Re: [PATCH] x86/mrst: add SFI platform device parsing code

[Alan Cox]

> > There should be no variations and the nature of the platform means
> > that might even work out. I don't really want to add it to the
> > table unless we have lots needing DMI data. Right now we don't and
> > there are multiple platform implementations in existence.
> 
> What is it about this platform that is going to restrict the problem?

The sort of people who will be using it and how,

> Code which makes this sort of assumption about knowing the platforms
> that the device will be deployed on well is relatively common but the
> usual result is that OEMs want to change the reference platforms and
> the assumptions that the code has been making about the systems and
> about how people will work with the code break down.

There are non reference platforms in existence without the problem you
envisage having occurred. So I think we'll worry about it if it happens
but knowing that with DMI we have the tools to deal with this.

Alan
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