Re: Commit 07f9b61 breaks systems that don't implement a _CBA method

From: Yinghai Lu
Date: Fri Oct 04 2013 - 19:56:03 EST


On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Hedi Berriche <hedi@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> It's regrettable that the code is so subtle. The obvious thing to do
> would be to check for _CBA, and if it doesn't exist, look for an MCFG
> entry. But for various historical reasons, the code is a mess, and we
> haven't figured out how to safely simplify it.
>
> Ethan, Yinghai, any objections to reverting 07f9b61?

yes, that is right solution.
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