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Bug#900581: linux: Enable Buster kernel features for newer ARM64 servers.



On Fri, 2018-08-31 at 15:42 -0700, Geoff Levand wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've rebased my two kernel config patches, attached, to the latest
> v4.17.17-1 buster kernel.  These patches enable kernel features for
> newer ARM64 servers. 
> 
>   0001-arm64-Use-default-of-CONFIG_ACPI_NFIT-m.patch
>   0002-arm64-Updates-for-ACPI-servers.patch
> 
> The issue that Riku brought up of how to support HPE m400 moonshot
> systems when ACPI_APEI is enabled has been resolved on the
> arm-kernel ML [1].  In summary, the latest released m400 firmware
> did not support APEI, and so no special work-around or kernel quirk
> support is needed.
>
> With the resolution of that issue I feel these patches are ready to
> apply.  Please consider.

Is it resolved? Graeme Gregory claimed
(https://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg669946.html) that "most
people are running the firmware provided from HPe support but was never
put on release site".

Ben.

> [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg670446.html (efi: add
> contents of LinuxExtraArgs EFI var to command line)
> 
> -Geoff
>  
> 
-- 
Ben Hutchings
I'm always amazed by the number of people who take up solipsism because
they heard someone else explain it. - E*Borg on alt.fan.pratchett


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