[syslinux] Conditional kernel selection based on CPUID/DMI info
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Tue Jan 29 18:30:52 PST 2008
Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote:
>
> Yes, that's the one. Note that while the issue was introduced in A11 and
> Dell said the issue _would be_ fixed in A12, no such version was ever
> released. We're a little behind, but not much -- the problem occurs with
> 3.53, and as I mentioned, also with the memdisk in that version. At some
> point I'll try something newer, but that requires forward-porting a patch I
> have yet to send you, and I haven't found the time to look at it.
>
The implication was, though, that downgrading to A10 should work as
well. Don't know what other issues that would introduce, though.
It would be nice to figure out a workaround, but it's almost impossible
without access to a specimen.
-hpa
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