linux-kernel - Re: MCFG ACPI patch in git-x86 causes boot regression

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Date:	Tue, 8 Jan 2008 11:02:12 -0800
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org, rajesh.shah@...el.com,
	greg@...ah.com
Subject: Re: MCFG ACPI patch in git-x86 causes boot regression

On Tuesday, January 08, 2008 8:27 Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
> > > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/
> > > >2.6.24-rc6/2.6.24-rc6-mm1/broken-out/pci-disable-decoding-during
> > > >-sizing-of-bars.patch
> > > >
> > > > Without this change a bunch of machines fail to boot even
> > > > without the MCFG change (since their MCFG was E820 reserved and
> > > > so the old validation check passed).
> > >
> > > Andi, can you confirm that your box boots fine with that patch
> > > applied?
> >
> > Yes it does.
>
> thanks for testing it. (and thanks for finding & reporting the
> problem) I've added that patch to x86.git, right before:
>
>   Subject: x86: validate against ACPI motherboard resources
>
> this should be the only dependency AFAICS.

Yeah, that should work afaik, thanks for sorting this out.

Jesse
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