linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86,pci: dmi check for mackpro 2.2 mmconf

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Message-Id: <200807221723.04654.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Date:	Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:23:04 -0700
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	Jack Howarth <howarth@...mo.msbb.uc.edu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86,pci: dmi check for mackpro 2.2 mmconf

On Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:37 pm Jack Howarth wrote:
> Jesse,
>     I am unclear on what you want to push. Are you referring
> to the mmconf_end_bus_num_detect.patch and
> mmconf_end_bus_num_detect_fix.patch fixes that are already in -tip? These
> work fine in allowing MMCONFIG to work on my MacBook Pro and should go into
> the stable kernel. If you are talking about blacklisting pcie pre1.1
> devices to solve the problems with ASPM, I really don't understand how I do
> that (in terms of finding out what devices to blacklist).

I was referring to the ASPM patch.  You reported that you needed to disable 
ASPM in order to boot without hanging, right?  I just wanted to make sure 
that Shaohua's patch allowed you to do that with ASPM=y.

Thanks,
Jesse
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