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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86, HPET: ignore any PCI BARs that match an HPET we already know about
On 09/22/2010 01:19 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 22, 2010 02:15:47 pm Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>>
>> We often discover the HPET early, via the static ACPI HPET table, before
>> enumerating PCI devices. If the HPET is implemented as a PCI function,
>> we will discover it again during PCI device enumeration. We must ignore
>> the PCI function so we don't inadvertently move it out from under the
>> driver.
>>
>> I think it's better to ignore *any* PCI BAR that matches a previously
>> discovered HPET; that way we don't need platform-specific knowledge,
>> and we won't have to add more quirks for future machines.
>>
>> This is for a regression from 2.6.34, but the reporter has been
>> unable to test it yet.
>>
>> Reference: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18482
>
> I've tried hard to find somebody who can test this, but nobody who
> can reproduce the original failure has been able to test it. I
> propose that we put it in linux-next and see what happens there.
>

Makes sense to me.

-hpa



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