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SubjectBlacklist DMAR on Intel G31/G33 chipsets
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Some BIOSes (the Intel DG33BU, for example) wrongly claim to have DMAR
when they don't. Avoid the resulting crashes when it doesn't work as
expected.

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
---
Using early-quirks this time, at Andi's suggestion. I haven't been able
to test this version though, since I killed my board when trying to reflash
the BIOS too many times. Arjan, did you say we have a pile of these?

arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c b/arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c
index 4353cf5..f51f61b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c
@@ -95,6 +95,20 @@ static void __init nvidia_bugs(int num, int slot, int func)

}

+#ifdef CONFIG_DMAR
+static void __init intel_g33_dmar(int num, int slot, int func)
+{
+ struct acpi_table_header *dmar_tbl;
+ acpi_status = status;
+
+ status = acpi_get_table(ACPI_SIG_DMAR, 0, &dmar_tbl);
+ if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO "BIOS BUG: DMAR advertised on Intel G31/G33 chipset -- ignoring\n");
+ dmar_disabled = 1;
+ }
+}
+#endif
+
#define QFLAG_APPLY_ONCE 0x1
#define QFLAG_APPLIED 0x2
#define QFLAG_DONE (QFLAG_APPLY_ONCE|QFLAG_APPLIED)
@@ -114,6 +128,10 @@ static struct chipset early_qrk[] __initdata = {
PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_PCI, PCI_ANY_ID, QFLAG_APPLY_ONCE, via_bugs },
{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_AMD, PCI_DEVICE_ID_AMD_K8_NB,
PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_HOST, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, fix_hypertransport_config },
+#ifdef CONFIG_DMAR
+ { PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, 0x29c0,
+ PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_HOST, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, intel_g33_dmar },
+#endif
{}
};

--
1.5.5.1
--
David Woodhouse Open Source Technology Centre
David.Woodhouse@intel.com Intel Corporation




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