linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] add kernel cmdline option to disable pci-irq quirks

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Date:	Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:00:06 +0200
From:	Stefan Assmann <sassmann@...e.de>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Olaf Dabrunz <od@...e.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] add kernel cmdline option to disable pci-irq quirks

Thomas Gleixner schrieb:
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, Olaf Dabrunz wrote:
>   
>> From: Olaf Dabrunz <od@...e.de>
>>
>> Add a switch to disable all boot interrupt quirks, using the parameter
>> nobootirqquirk.
>>     
>
> This should be a parameter in the form of
>
> pci=ioapicquirk
>
> and not a separate and completely unintuitive thing.
>
> Thanks,
> 	tglx
>
>   
Introducing 2 parameters then:
pci=ioapicreroute to enable rerouting of interrupts to the primary io-apic,
pci=noioapicquirk to disable all sorts of io-apic quirks.

This implies that disabling boot interrupts, on bridges where we know 
how to do it, will be enabled by default. I'd favor this solution 
because I can't think of any harm this could possibly cause. Boot 
interrupts shouldn't happen on systems that run in apic mode.
>> Signed-off-by: Olaf Dabrunz <od@...e.de>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@...e.de>
>> ---
>>  drivers/pci/quirks.c |   15 +++++++++++++++
>>  1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/quirks.c b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
>> index dabb563..6245486 100644
>> --- a/drivers/pci/quirks.c
>> +++ b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
>> @@ -1363,6 +1363,21 @@ DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL,	0x2609, quirk_intel_pcie_pm);
>>  DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL,	0x260a, quirk_intel_pcie_pm);
>>  DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL,	0x260b, quirk_intel_pcie_pm);
>>  
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
>> +int nobootirqquirk __read_mostly = 0;
>> +
>> +int nobootirqquirk_setup(char *str)
>> +{
>> +	nobootirqquirk = 1;
>> +	printk(KERN_INFO "Boot IRQ quirk handling disabled\n");
>> +
>> +	return 1;
>> +}
>> +__setup("nobootirqquirk", nobootirqquirk_setup);
>> +#endif /* CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC */
>> +
>> +
>>  /*
>>   * Toshiba TC86C001 IDE controller reports the standard 8-byte BAR0 size
>>   * but the PIO transfers won't work if BAR0 falls at the odd 8 bytes.
>> -- 
>> 1.5.2.4
>>
>> -- 
>> Olaf Dabrunz (od/odabrunz), SUSE Linux Products GmbH, N??rnberg
>>
>>     
    Stefan

-- 
Stefan Assmann          | SUSE LINUX Products GmbH
Software Engineer       | Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg
Mail : sassmann@...e.de | GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg)

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