linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/apic] x86: MSI: check for BIOS assigned addresses

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Date:	Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:28:29 -0500
From:	Daniel Yeisley <dan.yeisley@...sys.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	yinghai@...nel.org, stable@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/apic] x86: MSI: check for BIOS assigned addresses

On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 19:45 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Daniel Yeisley <dan.yeisley@...sys.com> wrote:
> 
> > Commit-ID:  affd49d36e2e2df4cbb3e07a57db901c23823b6a
> > Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/affd49d36e2e2df4cbb3e07a57db901c23823b6a
> > Author:     "Daniel Yeisley" <dan.yeisley@...sys.com>
> > AuthorDate: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 10:11:49 -0500
> > Commit:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> > CommitDate: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:32:44 +0100
> > 
> > x86: MSI: check for BIOS assigned addresses
> > 
> > Impact: fix ACPI hotplug on certain systems
> 
> Note, this commit means that i moved the commit over from 
> tip:x86/urgent into tip:x86/apic - i.e. with a 2.6.30 merge 
> date. When exactly was this regression introduced? I think this 
> code never really accepted the MSI settings from the firmware, 
> so changing that behavior might affect a lot of systems.
> 
> So i'm uneasy about applying this fix this late in the .29 
> cycle, but marked it for -stable backport so it could hit 
> 2.6.29.1 if it stays problem-free.
> 
> 	Ingo

I initially noticed the problem on a 2.6.18 kernel.  ACPI hotplugging
didn't work unless I booted with pci=nomsi.  I don't have a problem with
waiting until 2.6.30 to make sure it is thoroughly tested.

Dan

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