Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:47:31 -0800 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [Linux-nvdimm] [PATCH 0/2] e820: Fix handling of NvDIMM chips |
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On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:15:32AM -0800, Dan Williams wrote: > In fact it was originally "type-6" until ACPI 5 claimed that number > for official use, so these platforms, with early proof-of-concept > nvdimm support, have already gone through one transition to a new > number. They need to do the same once an official number for nvdimm > support is published. > > Put another way, these early platforms are already using out-of-tree > patches for nvdimm enabling. They can continue to do so, or switch to > standard methods when the standard is published.
Not supporting hardware that is widely avaiable (I have some, too) is not very user friendly.
I'll submit a patch allowing a nvdimm_type= kernel option that allows to detect them, but will do nothing by default. The code needed is very small and it would be very useful for all kinds of projects.
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