Re: [PATCH] platform/x86/dell: add buffer allocation/free functions for SMI calls

2022-04-27 Thread Hans de Goede
Hi, On 3/18/22 16:09, Juergen Gross wrote: > The dcdbas driver is used to call SMI handlers for both, dcdbas and > dell-smbios-smm. Both drivers allocate a buffer for communicating > with the SMI handler. The physical buffer address is then passed to > the called SMI handler via %ebx. > > Unfortu

Re: [PATCH] platform/x86/dell: add buffer allocation/free functions for SMI calls

2022-04-04 Thread Hans de Goede
Hi, On 3/18/22 23:28, David Laight wrote: > From: Juergen Gross >> Sent: 18 March 2022 16:56 >> >> On 18.03.22 16:22, David Laight wrote: >>> From: Juergen Gross Sent: 18 March 2022 15:10 The dcdbas driver is used to call SMI handlers for both, dcdbas and dell-smbios-smm. Both

RE: [PATCH] platform/x86/dell: add buffer allocation/free functions for SMI calls

2022-03-18 Thread David Laight
From: Juergen Gross > Sent: 18 March 2022 16:56 > > On 18.03.22 16:22, David Laight wrote: > > From: Juergen Gross > >> Sent: 18 March 2022 15:10 > >> > >> The dcdbas driver is used to call SMI handlers for both, dcdbas and > >> dell-smbios-smm. Both drivers allocate a buffer for communicating > >

Re: [PATCH] platform/x86/dell: add buffer allocation/free functions for SMI calls

2022-03-18 Thread Juergen Gross
On 18.03.22 16:22, David Laight wrote: From: Juergen Gross Sent: 18 March 2022 15:10 The dcdbas driver is used to call SMI handlers for both, dcdbas and dell-smbios-smm. Both drivers allocate a buffer for communicating with the SMI handler. The physical buffer address is then passed to the call

RE: [PATCH] platform/x86/dell: add buffer allocation/free functions for SMI calls

2022-03-18 Thread David Laight
From: Juergen Gross > Sent: 18 March 2022 15:10 > > The dcdbas driver is used to call SMI handlers for both, dcdbas and > dell-smbios-smm. Both drivers allocate a buffer for communicating > with the SMI handler. The physical buffer address is then passed to > the called SMI handler via %ebx. > >

[PATCH] platform/x86/dell: add buffer allocation/free functions for SMI calls

2022-03-18 Thread Juergen Gross
The dcdbas driver is used to call SMI handlers for both, dcdbas and dell-smbios-smm. Both drivers allocate a buffer for communicating with the SMI handler. The physical buffer address is then passed to the called SMI handler via %ebx. Unfortunately this doesn't work when running in Xen dom0, as th