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Re: [PATCH] Remove EFI memmap quirk for UV2+

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  Re: [PATCH] Remove EFI memmap quirk for UV2+ Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-01-19 12:00 +0100

#1312110 — Re: [PATCH] Remove EFI memmap quirk for UV2+

* Alex Thorlton <athorlton@sgi.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 09:41:58AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Alex Thorlton <athorlton@sgi.com> wrote:
> > Ok, this looks good to me and I'll apply it if it looks good to Matt as well.
> 
> Cool!  Thanks, Ingo.
> 
> > Btw., can UV1 users fix this via a BIOS update?
> 
> Unfortunately, no.  This fix was put into UV2+ BIOS a while back, but we haven't 
> spun a new UV1 BIOS for several years, and don't intend to release another 
> version.  This issue is likely going to follow UV1s to their grave :(

That's ok! We are responsible for past decisions/compromises/mistakes, as long as 
the systems keep working, there's no problem with that.

Thanks,

	Ingo

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