RE: [PATCH v6 10/14] platform/x86: dell-smbios: add filtering capability for requests

[Mario.Limonciello]

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> From: Pali RohÃr [mailto:pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx]
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> To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@xxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 10/14] platform/x86: dell-smbios: add filtering capability
> for requests
> 
> On Monday 09 October 2017 17:51:48 Mario Limonciello wrote:
> > +static struct token_range token_blacklist[] = {
> > +	{0x0000, 0x0175, 0x0176},
> > +	{0x0000, 0x0195, 0x0197},
> > +	{0x0000, 0x01DC, 0x01DD},
> > +	{0x0000, 0x027D, 0x0284},
> > +	{0x02E3, 0x0000, 0x0000},
> > +	{0x02FF, 0x0000, 0x0000},
> > +	{0x0000, 0x0300, 0x0302},
> > +	{0x0000, 0x0325, 0x0326},
> > +	{0x0000, 0x0332, 0x0335},
> > +	{0x0350, 0x0000, 0x0000},
> > +	{0x0363, 0x0000, 0x0000},
> > +	{0x0368, 0x0000, 0x0000},
> > +	{0x0000, 0x03F6, 0x03F7},
> > +	{0x0000, 0x049E, 0x049F},
> > +	{0x0000, 0x04A0, 0x04A3},
> > +	{0x0000, 0x04E6, 0x04E7},
> > +	{0x0000, 0x4000, 0x7FFF},
> > +	{0x0000, 0x9000, 0x9001},
> > +	{0x0000, 0xA000, 0xBFFF},
> > +	{0x0000, 0xEFF0, 0xEFFF},
> > +};
> 
> Hi! There should be information what is hidden in those tokens, so other
> people would be able to review why are those token blacklisted.
> 

I'll add some comments explaining what I can about why they're blacklisted.
Most of them are for use during manufacturing time and those I won't explain further.