Re: [PATCH] quirks: Flag up and handle the AMD 8151 Errata #24

From: Alan Cox
Date: Tue Sep 12 2006 - 14:23:06 EST


Ar Maw, 2006-09-12 am 17:29 +0200, ysgrifennodd Andi Kleen:
> If the system really locks up afterwards they will likely never see it though?

They'll see it at boot.

> I just don't think the printk will that useful and if it locks up people will
> blame Linux anyways even with printk.

Which is why I also intend to make sure the drivers aren't defaulting to
ignore but all do it properly and require a force flag. PCIPCI_FAIL
means it doesn't work. No driver should be ignoring that flag.
>
> > And "all that code" is a single quirk (which I think can be __init as
> > you can't get a hotplug bridge) and updated logic checks which my gcc
> > generates the same amount of code for as it did previously.
> >
> > All what code ?
>
> Well it was a large change.

You must use a bigger font than I do ;)

Alan

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