Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 6 Mar 2009 17:24:02 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] MSI: check for BIOS assigned addresses |
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* Daniel Yeisley <dan.yeisley@unisys.com> wrote:
> When creating MSI addresses the kernel makes them up and > writes them to the hardware without first checking for what > the system BIOS may have assigned. The patch below checks for > already assigned values, and leaves them alone if they exist. > > Signed-off-by: Dan Yeisley <dan.yeisley@unisys.com>
What happens without this fix - do you get non-working cards? Boot hang? Or a suboptimal layout?
Ingo
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