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On 25/02/14 13:03, Joshua Kinard wrote: |
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> On 02/25/2014 5:27 AM, Steev Klimaszewski wrote: |
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>> On Tue, 2014-02-25 at 10:43 +0200, Samuli Suominen wrote: |
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>>> Here is a bit better worded news item for the upgrade. I think I've |
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>>> taken into account any concerns, but please check |
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>>> the grammar part. Thanks! |
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>>> |
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>>> - Samuli |
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>> CONFIG_DMIID isn't available for ARM. Can we make that warning go away |
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>> if on ARM, so users don't pull their hair out? |
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>> |
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> This might be an x86 and ia64-specific CONFIG_* item: |
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> |
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> Symbol: DMIID [=y] |
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> Type : boolean |
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> Prompt: Export DMI identification via sysfs to userspace |
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> Location: |
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> -> Firmware Drivers |
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> Defined at drivers/firmware/Kconfig:91 |
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> Depends on: DMI [=y] |
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> |
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> Symbol: DMI [=y] |
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> Type : boolean |
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> Prompt: Enable DMI scanning |
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> Location: |
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> -> Processor type and features |
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> Defined at arch/x86/Kconfig:748 |
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> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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> |
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> # grep -rIn "config DMI" * |
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> arch/ia64/Kconfig:104:config DMI |
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> arch/x86/Kconfig:748:config DMI |
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> drivers/firmware/Kconfig:91:config DMIID |
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> drivers/firmware/Kconfig:100:config DMI_SYSFS |
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> |
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> So all non-x86/ia64 systems (amd64/x86_64, too??) probably need to ignore |
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> this CONFIG_* item. |
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> |
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After more close look, the feature looks more optional than at first |
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sight. I've dropped the entire |
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check from ebuild and leaned the text in the news announcement. |
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This should do it... |
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