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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Intel IOMMU: RMRRs do not necessarily have to be present on all VT-d capable platforms
On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 05:13:54 -0400 Yong Wang <yong.y.wang@linux.intel.com> wrote:

> RMRRs do not necessarily have to be present on all VT-d capable platforms.
> The printk is just informational and does not need to be followed by an
> error return.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yong Y Wang <yong.y.wang@intel.com>
> ---
> dmar.c | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/dmar.c b/drivers/pci/dmar.c
> index f941f60..8bf86ae 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/dmar.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/dmar.c
> @@ -317,10 +317,8 @@ int __init dmar_table_init(void)
> return -ENODEV;
> }
>
> - if (list_empty(&dmar_rmrr_units)) {
> + if (list_empty(&dmar_rmrr_units))
> printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "No RMRR found\n");
> - return -ENODEV;
> - }
>
> return 0;
> }

From your description I am unable to work out how important this fix is.

Is it needed in 2.6.25.x? In 2.6.26? In 2.6.27? There's no way for me to
know :(


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