linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, pci: Fix all early PCI scans to check the vendor ID first

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Date:	Sun, 12 Aug 2012 21:15:34 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@...com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Betty Dall <betty.dall@...com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, pci: Fix all early PCI scans to check the vendor ID
 first

> If that is the case, there is a problem in the original code in
> arch/x86/kernel/aperture_64.c.The original code already stops scanning
> functions the first time it finds an invalid PCI class:

This was only for some AMD northbridges, since it worked there it should
be ok. The code is obsolete now for modern systems I believe.

-Andi
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