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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: remove superfluous dmi_ignore_irq0_timer_override quirks
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:02:54PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com> wrote:
>
> > The problem should be solved with commits:
> >
> > x86: SB600: skip IRQ0 override if it is not routed to INT2 of IOAPIC
> > x86: SB450: skip IRQ0 override if it is not routed to INT2 of IOAPIC
> >
> > IMHO it does not make sense to check within a dmi-quirk
> > whether an early-quirk was applied. Boot sequence is as follows:
> >
> > acpi_boot_table_init() (it applies dmi-quirks)
> > ...
> > early_quirks() (detect bogus IRQ0 override)
> > ...
> > acpi_boot_init() (setup IO APIC)
> >
> > Thus with current code we will always get following warnings for
> > Laptops that have this dmi_ignore_irq0_timer_override dmi quirk:
> >
> > WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c:1410
> > dmi_ignore_irq0_timer_override+0x30/0x60()
> > ati_ixp4x0 quirk not complete.
> >
> > ... just because the early-quirk (ati_ixp4x0) was not yet executed.
>
> could we move the DMI check to after the early quicks stage? It would be
> nice to have this double check, for at least one kernel cycle.

Ok, I'll have a look at that.

Andreas




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