linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI: ACPI: Fix ThunderX PEM initialization

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Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:16:48 -0400
From:   Jon Masters <jcm@...masters.org>
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
Cc:     David.Daney@...ium.com, Tomasz Nowicki <tn@...ihalf.com>,
        Vadim Lomovtsev <Vadim.Lomovtsev@...iumnetworks.com>,
        David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stemerkhanov@...IUMNETWORKS.onmicrosoft.com,
        David Daney <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        bhelgaas@...gle.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: ACPI: Fix ThunderX PEM initialization

Thanks :) :) :)

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> On Mar 23, 2017, at 18:14, Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 11:34:00AM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>>> On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 12:25:39PM -0400, Jon Masters wrote:
>>>> On 03/22/2017 10:48 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 10:28:27AM -0400, Jon Masters wrote:
>>>>> On 03/21/2017 10:56 AM, David Daney wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>> Yes.  After all this back and forth, Cavium has decided to deploy
>>>>>> firmware with "CAVxxx" as _HID.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Great. How about a stable backport for Greg K-H? I want to make sure
>>>>> that everyone running "upstream" has a chance of booting.
>>>> 
>>>> The first patch, fee4d813850c ("PCI: Use Cavium assigned hardware ID for
>>>> ThunderX host controller"), has a stable tag already.
>>> 
>>> Thanks - I saw that after I mailed.
>>> 
>>>> The second, 1dc94a38af89 ("PCI: Add legacy firmware support for Cavium
>>>> ThunderX host controller"), does not, but I can easily add it if needed.
>>> 
>>> I think that would be ideal. There is firmware out in the wild that
>>> has neither identifier in it (for example, a bunch of folks in the
>>> office bought platforms recently that don't boot upstream kernels).
>>> My guys are used to just taking an upstream kernel and using that,
>>> for development, and I have no intention of having the broader RH
>>> org do any different from what they would do with an x86 box ;)
>> 
>> I added the same stable tag (v4.10+) to the second patch.
> 
> I moved these from pci/host-thunder (targeted for v4.12) to for-linus so we
> can get these in v4.11.
>