Re: [OHCI] BIOS handoff failed (BIOS bug?)

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 03:29:22PM -0800, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 15:23:39 -0800, thockin@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

BIOS handoff assumes an SMI, right? Could SMI be masked?

That might be a bad idea, because things like fans may be controlled
by SMM BIOS. The best thing we can do is to follow the published
procedure, and maybe insert a workaround if Sebastian can identify it.

Sorry, I don't mean "could we mask it" but rather "is it possible that it
is already masked"?

Tim
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