linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] sp5100_tco: Fix wrong indirect I/O access for getting value of reserved bits

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Date:	Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:46:03 +0100
From:	Paul Menzel <paulepanter@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
Cc:	Takahisa Tanaka <mc74hc00@...il.com>,
	linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
	Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@...en.pl>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] sp5100_tco: Fix wrong indirect I/O access for
 getting value of reserved bits

Dear Wim,


Am Mittwoch, den 30.01.2013, 20:19 +0100 schrieb Wim Van Sebroeck:

> > In case of SB800 or later chipset and re-programming MMIO address(*),
> > sp5100_tco module may read incorrect value of reserved bit, because the module
> > reads a value from an incorrect I/O address. However, this bug doesn't cause
> > a problem, because when re-programming MMIO address, by chance the module
> > writes zero (this is BIOS's default value) to the low three bits of register.
> > * In most cases, PC with SB8x0 or later chipset doesn't need to re-programming
> >   MMIO address, because such PC can enable AcpiMmio and can use 0xfed80b00 for
> >   watchdog register base address.
> > 
> > This patch fixes this bug.
> > 
> > Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43176
> > Signed-off-by: Takahisa Tanaka <mc74hc00@...il.com>
> 
> Added to linux-watchdog-next.

Is it allowed to rewrite history of linux-watchdog-next? If yes, could
you please add `CC: stable@...r.kernel.org` to both of Takahisa’s
patches and also add my

    Tested-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@...rs.sourceforge.net>
        ASRock E350M1 (SB800)

as commented on the bug report to it?


Thanks,

Paul

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