Re: [PATCH] pciehp: Add pciehp_surprise module option

From: Matthew Garrett
Date: Wed Mar 20 2013 - 15:13:43 EST


On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 08:11:15PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> At Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:52:34 +0000,
> Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > Well that just sounds like a bug. What's the downside to just ignoring
> > that capability bit?
>
> I'm afraid that it's too radical to enable always.

Why?

> Or, what about to check this bit only for disable path?

What happens if you unplug the device on one of the affected machines?

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