linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, gart: fix gart detection for Fam11h CPUs

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Message-ID: <20081029095525.GA6345@amd.com>
Date:	Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:55:25 +0100
From:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Jouni Malinen <jkmalinen@...il.com>,
	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>,
	Nicolas Bareil <nico@...ir.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, j@...fi
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, gart: fix gart detection for Fam11h CPUs

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 09:52:36AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 04:13:54PM +0100, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> > The AMD Fam11h CPUs have a K8 northbridge. This northbridge is different
> > from other familys because it lacks GART support (as I just learned).
> > But the kernel implicitly expects a GART if it finds an AMD northbridge.
> > Fix this by removing the Fam11h northbridge id from the scan list of K8
> > northbridges. This patch also changes the message in the GART driver
> > about missing K8 northbridges to tell that the GART is missing which is
> > the correct information in this case.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
> 
> Looks like this needs to be added to the 2.6.27-stable tree also, right?

No, this patch not. The PCI id was added during the .28 merge window.

Joerg

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