PATCH: Kconfig for EDD

From: Alan Cox (alan_at_redhat.com)
Date: 09/30/04

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    Date:	Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:52:47 -0400
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org

    EDD fails with ACARD scsi devices present (hang on the 16bit bios call at boot)

    diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.vanilla-2.6.9rc3/drivers/firmware/Kconfig linux-2.6.9rc3/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
    --- linux.vanilla-2.6.9rc3/drivers/firmware/Kconfig 2004-09-30 15:36:07.507035472 +0100
    +++ linux-2.6.9rc3/drivers/firmware/Kconfig 2004-09-30 16:33:46.422200440 +0100
    @@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
               Services real mode BIOS calls to determine which disk
               BIOS tries boot from. This information is then exported via sysfs.
     
    - This option is experimental, but believed to be safe,
    - and most disk controller BIOS vendors do not yet implement this feature.
    + This option is experimental and is known to fail to boot on some
    + obscure configurations. Most disk controller BIOS vendors do
    + not yet implement this feature.
     
     config EFI_VARS
             tristate "EFI Variable Support via sysfs"
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