RE: [PATCH 0/3] Early use of boot service memory

[Yuhong Bao]

>> I think i can go to a date based black list, that removes the manual
>> step. System running firmware before certain date assumes we need
>> to do the work around. If firmware is newer than that date, we don't
>> use the workaround. Blacklist overrides and allows current behavior
>> for new firmware that is subsequently found to be broken and for
>> which we can't convenience the manufacturer to fix.
>>
>
> No, we can't, at least not for now. We are continually finding new
> platforms with the bug.

What about now?

ot, but this is a fun read:
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/thinkcentre_bios/9sjy81usa.txt
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