Comment 10 for bug 1284406

On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Leif Lindholm
<email address hidden> wrote:
> Hi Dann,
>
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 05:57:36PM -0000, dann frazier wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Leif Lindholm
>> <email address hidden> wrote:
>> > While I realise this is considered fixed, the attached patch fixes the
>> > random poking around in /dev/mem instead of just bailing out. Making
>> > lshw functional on arm/arm64 UEFI platforms with SMBIOS.
>>
>> Thanks Lief! Has this been submitted upstream?
>
> Yeah, I logged a bug in the lshw tracking system (which is moderated,
> so it's not publicly visible yet). I also intend to raise it on
> bugs.debian.org (Jessie can still crash the Mustang boards, and I'm
> thinking the powerpc port will also be potentially risky).

Yeah, I've got a bug open in Debian (#740034), I certainly don't mind
if you add your patch there since it is still open. Actually, I need
to increase the severity now since arm64 is part of the archive.

>> I'd suggest opening a separate bug in LP to enable this class of
>> systems. This bug is at the end of it's lifecycle, and reopening it
>> would cause confusion. Would you mind doing that or should I?
>
> I don't mind, but as always I am slightly unsure of what level of
> severity I should raise it at.

Well, if it is negatively impacting shipping hardware (i.e. lshw is
unable to report certain things because of the lack of smbios
support), I'd say "High" since I consider that a hardware enablement
issue. If it's just a correctness thing at this point, my opinion
would be wishlist. That's just my opinion though, feel free to use
your own judgment.

  -dann

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> Leif
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