[syslinux] Conditional kernel selection based on CPUID/DMI info

[Steve Brown]

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote:

>> I looked for the discussion you described, couldn't find it offhand.  I
>> found a problem with OptiPlex GX620, said to be fixed in BIOS version
>> A12 (the bug was present only in version A11, supposedly), is this the
>> one?
>
> 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.

What we ended up doing here on some Dells that had broken BIOSes was just 
back-revving them.  It may have been the 620s, but I really don't 
remember.  Older versions are available on the Dell site... somewhere. 
You may need to get the location from your salesrep -- a good tweak might 
be a statement like "Those Intel Macs sure look good..."

Steve Brown
sbrown7 at umbc.edu