linux-kernel - Re: pci-disable-decoding-during-sizing-of-bars.patch no longer needed

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Date:	Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:00:26 -0700
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	andreas.eckstein@....net,
	Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>
Subject: Re: pci-disable-decoding-during-sizing-of-bars.patch no longer needed

On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 09:50:51PM +0000, Daniel Drake wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The patch titled pci-disable-decoding-during-sizing-of-bars.patch in -mm 
> was previously used as a candidate to fix a boot hang with Intel's Q35 
> chipset: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198810
> 
> However, that particular issue is solved by commit a0ca9909609 in Linus 
> tree:
> 	PCI x86: always use conf1 to access config space below 256 bytes
> 
> So unless there are other reasons for keeping 
> pci-disable-decoding-during-sizing-of-bars around, I think we can drop it.

I agree it should be dropped.

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