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RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] RE: _OSI(Linux) == false

To: "Alex Williamson" <alex.williamson@xxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] RE: _OSI(Linux) == false
From: "Xu, Anthony" <anthony.xu@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:32:21 +0800
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>
>Hi Anthony,
>
>   I was actually thinking of a different approach.  There is a DMI
>interface that would allow us to have Linux automatically respond true
>to _OSI(linux).  If we created a minimal SMBIOS table for VTI domains,
>it seems like this would be fairly easy enable.  What do you think?
>Thanks,
>

        To be honest, I am not aware of DMI; I'll look at this
possibility.
No doubt, it is a elegant way to get Os type. I'll try this way.

Thanks,
Anthony

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