linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MSI: check for BIOS assigned addresses

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Message-ID: <20090306162402.GA8936@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 6 Mar 2009 17:24:02 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Daniel Yeisley <dan.yeisley@...sys.com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MSI: check for BIOS assigned addresses


* Daniel Yeisley <dan.yeisley@...sys.com> wrote:

> When creating MSI addresses the kernel makes them up and 
> writes them to the hardware without first checking for what 
> the system BIOS may have assigned.  The patch below checks for 
> already assigned values, and leaves them alone if they exist.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Yeisley <dan.yeisley@...sys.com>

What happens without this fix - do you get non-working cards? 
Boot hang? Or a suboptimal layout?

	Ingo
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